Back then, typing was commonly taught, but not exclusively to, females, usually in preparation for becoming a secretary, ICK, one of the few professional jobs available to women outside of the home back then. My father, an attorney, who grew up in the 40's and 50's, never learned the skill, even refused to, because back then, it was considered a wussy skill only for women. Besides, that was what women secretaries were around for. Ah, the good old 1950's.
Fast forward to now, in the age of computers, and the necessary requisite skill of using a keyboard. At what point in the last forty or so years did typing become something males had to learn? Was it because of the invention of the computer that now typing skills are ok for males to learn? My husband claims that he had to learn it on his own when he had to start dealing with computer keyboards in his everyday work. He said that it would have been a lot easier for him if it wasn't for the QWERTY keyboard layout, a design constraint holdover from old mechanical typewriters.
My question to all the guys here is, do you remember when it became a normal skill for males to know how to type and if it eventually became something taught to both sexes in public school or something you learned on your own?
. I never did very well with typing until we started working with PC's at work in the early '80's.
