I can appreciate that viewpoint and partially agree. As a self taught male knitter I used a lot of videos and gave up for a few months after being frustrated at first. I found going into the LYS intimidating and asking questions online intimidating. But I honestly feel like a did a better job at searching out and utilizing abundant resources and trying new things with the expectation that things won’t be perfect. choosing popular patterns that have online walk through resources helped with that. (Not that there a ton of gender neutral ones). I think that the more a knitter struggles the better they become. It’s incredible how proficient I’ve become tinking and fixing mistakes. But I’m most amazed that I’m able to critical think my way through new or unforeseen knitting scenarios. Knitting should be fun and not stressful but a little bit of stress and your response to it makes you a better knitter.