Bungie cords- recent use by women & girls?

[shootingstar]

Incredible as it may sound, but I never used a bungie cord or even knew how to use one until in my early 30's. I'm writing up something about cycling and shopping.

Reasons are as follows:

*My father was never mechanically inclined and just never got into using this.

*In fact I'm pretty certain he and mother didn't know about bungie cords --that's an invention they never used in 1930's-1950's in rural China. They used string, rope or fashioned out of clean cloth strips, knotted together for strapping. (My mother has actually done this several times when packing stuff up...)

*I never went camping until after I returned to cycling, my early 30's. A likely time to use it.

*As a family, we seldom transported other loads besides groceries..and we never went out of town.

*I never "played" with bungie cords as an older child. They never existed at home. (1960's - 1970's)


Am I missing something about bungie cord use bypassing me until later in life? Is a bungie cord early in life use, a boy thing? I learned the myriad ways of using bungie cords by watching dearie strap down stuff on the bike..