Men can sew. Just tell them it is just like a saw. My boyfriend in college would never allow me to do the fun stuff when we were building theatrical scenery. So when I was finally the master carpenter, I told him to sew the scenery drops. He had no sewing experience and the heavy muslin for drops was 90" wide. But I showed him some pointers and there were no tucks or waves in his workmanship. He was very proud of his work (and so was I).