Would you consider cooking to be a 'feminine' trait?

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MysteriousDarkness · Accepted Answer

It is neutral. Either you eat or die. Unless you want to eat prepared meals where the way everything is made is done for you or you can have TV dinners. The problem is there is not a huge variety of types of food like: Italian, Mexican, Thai, Japanese, German, French, Mediterranean etc. Yes they may have those types but not mucn to choose from. Other things people go for test do not like to cook are fast food or restaurants which in the long run can be more expensive. Cooking for me gives me a chance to be creative with flavors, textures, cultures etc. To me two positive things bring people together more than anything music and food.

Jaximus-Lion · Accepted Answer

Don't take it personally, but if a man can't cook , he is not a man. It's a skill it has nothing to do with genders. Knowing how to cook a significant meal is knowledge, now days you have to know all the allergies if you work at any restaurant that's knowledge it has nothing to do with if you were a male or a female.

Bliss-taylor · Accepted Answer

I voted wrong. I meant to say it's not strictly a feminine trait. Actually I find it incredibly sexy when a man knows how to cook and enjoys it.
Kind of off topic of the question but I am old fashioned in some ways. I do believe that if a woman isn't working as much or at all she should be the main cook unless her husband/boyfriend wants to.

Plumy · Accepted Answer

Cooking is an ability traditionally attributed to women, but nowadays it is advertised for everyone like there are maaany cooking shows with men cooking and ik many guy friends who like cooking, some are chef who are helping me and I'm really grateful to them!
Maybe only older generations still have the traditional thinking of cooking 🍳👩

vishna · Accepted Answer

No, I consider it to be a trait requiring skill. Knowing you way around a kitchen means knowing what pot to use for what dish, how to chop each item, what knife/utensil to use, what heat to cook on, it's something you learn and to be good at it is an accomplishment :)

Lady or man should know how.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes I do consider it because mother's mix their love in the food they make. Women can do it better than men. However, it's my wish to make food for my life partner. Why wouldn't I like to be praised for that?
I know that cooking is a professionally a men thing but women have something that men don't.
We have been taught cooking since 13 years of our age but still my sister can make a better chapati. And i refuse to admit it to her and she teases me in return. Of course women can do it better but the reality is, we guys used to compete with each other so we learned it but girls (our classmates) didn't compete, but they were made to learn cooking, a kind of sexism, so some girls know cooking. But some girls don't know how to cook. Even my mother didn't know how to cook when she married my father. My father knew cooking
Because he had to live alone in a town.
But my mother cooks better.

slatyb · Answer

Cooking is a basic skill that every adult should possess. Even if a man works outside the home and the woman doesn't, there will still be times when the woman is unable to prepare a meal and the man needs to do it.

If both partners are working full-time, then it's only fair to divide household tasks like cooking.

TheGoliath · Answer

Cooking is an activity, not a trait. It's traditionally female oriented, likely because the men traditionally engaged in more physical activities like hunting or farming while women prepped and cooked.

However, the action of cooking is itself not feminine, and with changing technology and society, men are doing it more.

Also, consider professional chefs have traditionally been men.

Paris13 · Answer

Maybe once upon a time when It was Mom in the kitchen. But as I got older and began Dating and Mating, Many of My Males had their own Spicy Details.
Putting my Male roomie to work tonite, to make his Famous Chicken cutlet Delight. lolxx

TheRedLemon · Answer

I don`t cook myself (yet) but i consider cooking something that anyone can pick up and be good at in a fairly short amount of time. Altough i probably have this opinion because my grandpa was the cook of his familly and he was a god damn genious, he knew literally everything about cooking and could make up a meal or desert out of anything.

IcyLemonade · Answer

I love to cook. And for the percentage of people with food allergies out there, there are a lot more self made cooks in the world. It teaches responsibility and is truly fun.

I dont have a food allergy, but I live with someone who does, and she probably wouldn't be alive if she didn't cook for herself.

_Galaxy_ · Answer

Cooking is like a taste you know? I don't know If that makes sense but I mean that you either like cooking something or not. It doesn't mean that because I'm a girl I enjoy cooking (I do actually but that's not the point😂)
So no i definitely don't believe that it is a feminine trait. Everyone who likes cooking has like the right to cook. There are a lot of men that are chefs and it used to be considered a feminine trait just because women used to do all the housework not for any other reason

savalisk · Answer

The culinary arts is a profession dominated by men.
Men have seen a ton of success in this field.
Kinda funny right? You get the PC and feminist crowd complaining about female representation in male dominated careers like engineering but neglect to look at the culinary arts.
Maybe women ought to get back in the kitchen and fire up those stoves?

I dunno, I was told this a while ago so I might be outdated with my info here but it was funny none the less. LOL

Adam_INTJ · Answer

Yes, because my mom, sister, aunts, grandma, and literally just about any woman at my church can cook better than the men that I know, except that pro cooking is stuck in my mind as a male trait because of Gordon Ramsey and my male cousin who has a job as a chef.

nickyBBB · Answer

DOES THIS LOOK FEMININE TO YOU

genericname85 · Answer

cooking is a basic survival technique that not only women should master...

i mean creating something appealing to sustain yourself is not in any way feminine. it's a supportive trait that is actually pretty manly if you associate it with the provider position a man has in this society.

as you see it's just a matter how you frame it ;)

BrianMerritt · Answer

Not really. I think in Italy, the men cook. Caring for people is feminine, and so when a woman cares for someone by cooking they are being feminine. But cooking as in the actual act of food preparation.. nothing particularly feminine in terms of instinct.

Anonymous · Answer

It at the end as come down to how you grew up. I was born in an Indian household. If anyone is familiar with Indian households then you know how women in India were always considered to be the "cook". As growing up I was taught women cook and man work from certain people which is completely BS. As a guy, I would love to cook and take care of the household and let my wife work because people we living in 2018 not the 90's

Wwwyzzerdd · Answer

Considering the top paid chefs are men, the majority of Michelin restaurant owners are men, and that most chefs are typically men no I do not consider it a feminine trait. Baking, however, probably is because I associate coffee shops and pastries with women. Cooking is a masculine trait, often requiring strength. Kitchens, especially high and ones, can be very violent.

blackgaletiger · Answer

I dont consider guys like Gordon Ramsey to be feminine in the least. As there are a huge portion of top chefs in the world that are male. Cooking is a human trait as we all need to eat.

Langseax · Answer

Some might call me misogynistic (I'm not really) but even I think that calling cooking a feminine trait is retarded. If you can't cook, you should be trying to learn to cook. Even if you are married, what are you gonna do when the missus is away? Starve to death?

lumos · Answer

Nope. It's something every able-bodied human should be capable of doing. It's a genderless life skill. If someone doesn't know how to cook and is completely unwilling to learn, I'd consider them a dumbass.

dragonfly6516 · Answer

My dad did all the cooking when I was growing up because my mom absolutely sucked at it. My boyfriend does all the cooking now because he greatly enjoys cooking, and I'm heading into work at dinner time.

TacosRAwesome · Answer

I consider cooking to be a functional trait. Once you're over 12, please make an effort to learn how to fry an egg, and boil pasta.

BlackMaleYou · Answer

It's feminine for a woman to cook for the household as the photo suggest. NONETHELESS, it's something men do for money, that's why more Chefs are men even in countries where women constitute most of the cooking population.

rgb008 · Answer

No. I mean, have you seen Gordon Ramsay? Tell him cooking makes him feminine to his face lmfaoooo

Mekara · Answer

Cooking is human nature. If you can't cook, you won't survive. Everyone should have the BASIC knowledge on how to prepare a simple meal. Cooking has no gender.

katiesmuff · Answer

Some of the best cooking I know of comes from men. How many major restaurants world wide have you ever heard of that isn't full of great male chef's. They are the vast majority.

SlothySlob · Answer

Depends on what you're making. Sometimes you want to have some grilled stake, other times you want to carefully arrange your salad.

Someways you're a lazy cunt and just drop everything in a pot, water, salt and call it a stew.

michael041987 · Answer

to many complicated devices included in kitchens nowadays. Women will have a hard time what to do. They can still be a help peeling potatos and such. You can see that I am right because there are more male chefs to be seen in cooking shows on the tv.

Cody01 · Answer

It's required for you to stay alive. If you can't cook that just means you suck a life 👌 that much more. Call me a bitch if it is because I cook my own food.

omgjassy · Answer

No, I don't consider cooking to be a feminine trait. Do you?

anmari2001 · Answer

Yeah it is but if I guy want to cook instead and he is good at it then I won't mind  Yeah there are many men chiefs but who usually cook at home, mama does

HungLikeAHorsefly · Answer

I consider anything that makes someone self-sufficient to be a masculine thing. Being able to feed yourself is a pretty basic aspect of self-sufficiency.

1truekhaleesi · Answer

No, I dont think I would consider not starving to death feminine.

Justacatlady · Answer

No I consider cooking a basic human skill needed to survive.

PrincessPie · Answer

No, i wouldn't say so, most top chefs are men also.

TheShyPrep · Answer

I guess I'm not seeing how it isn't. Like that's the main job of a wife, if not for cooking, what the fuck else would women do with themselves all day.

Wolframium · Answer

No, not really, if you're guy, you need to eat too, so… The bility to prepare food is trait of those, who need to eat. I don't want to be one of those people though.

umngopher1991 · Answer

A lot of celebrity chefs are men. And Gordon Ramsay? That is a man who can whoop your ass, make you cry, break your balls, and then whip up a heavenly meal afterwards.

Cooking is definitely not a feminine trait.

hasrett · Answer

If basic survival skills are considered feminine, then yeah, I would.

CheerGirl38139 · Answer

one of my brothers is a chef - he's anything BUT feminine, so no.

burrdudes · Answer

If cooking is a feminine trait then why are most celebrity and restaurant chefs men?

MissLogical · Answer

I consider it a "I don't want to freaking starve" trait.

Imafreespirit · Answer

Lol no. Cooking is a basic skill, everyone should be able to do it. Doesn’t matter if you’re a man, a woman or an alien. You gotta feed yourself

ladsin · Answer

Naw, I don't really know why it would be. I have no skill at it, but am trying. I figured out how to work the crock pot!

AdventurerofOoo · Answer

Growing up my dad has been the real cook in my family, not my mom, so I don't consider it a feminine thing at all

cheriya · Answer

Definitely not. And cooking isn’t specific to one gender. A lot of chefs and cooks are male as well. I say it’s almost 50/50.

pickofdestiny89 · Answer

It's a skill everyone needs. Whenever I hear about someone not being able to cook I think they're pretty lazy and waste tons of money. It's really something basic to cook.

kaylaS91 · Answer

no. I mean... not any more than working full-time and being the sole financial provider is a 'masculine' trait.

estoydorado1 · Answer

No, it's a basic life skill. If some men feel too masculine to cook then they're that much less competent and self-sufficient in my books.

lyannamormont · Answer

It's an essential skill everybody should have to not get obese while eating out constantly. Nothing feminine.

Philyouup · Answer

The greatest chefs in the world have been men.. ( and finally women) Culinary arts is vastly male populated. Any guy that says cooking is feminine is probably a latent Homo
Gordon Ramsey, Anthony Bordain, 2 of many, nothing fem about them..

Harwood · Answer

It is neither feminine or masculine. It's a skill that everyone should have. Sadly, I am not one of those people.

Allie_Oops · Answer

Um, no lol. Maybe a gender role chore, but it's not a feminine trait lol. The best chefs in the world aren't all women... lol

ConfusedGirl24 · Answer

Of course not. There are more male cooks than female in my country (i think)

just_tired · Answer

No, I consider it something every adult should know how to do.

readywriter · Answer

Men and women both cook. I cook better than my wife in many instances. However, it is a social norm that women should cook an that makes them more attractive as wives and partners.

sc15022 · Answer

Nope, some of the best chefs in the world are men. It's pretty gender neutral in general I'd say, but I would consider baking to be more feminine and grilling to be more masculine

MikeT19 · Answer

Uh, it's a trait of people who want to eat and not be a lazy dick

hkglcy621 · Answer

it'd be so much more charming if a guy knows how to cook

femamerica13 · Answer

I do not because usually a chef was male before the modern age.

Electric_Dreams · Answer

No. I consider it an indicator or a health conscious, intelligent, independent person.

TwinCKI · Answer

I view it as a vital skill that everyone should know

Daltron · Answer

Not exactly a feminine trait but it's always nice especially when one cannot cook well for oneself.

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