Why are household appliances so hard to operate these days, that women have to go to college to learn to operate them?

Answer 1

What is difficult about Turning On A Stove?

Answer 2

Actually most women are capable of just reading the instructions that come in the box with these appliances. Perhaps your problem is one of reading comprehension.

Answer 3

Only people who are victims of our liberal educational system are having trouble with them.  The rest of us use common sense.