All of the women I've dated couldn't cook but I can.
The reason why most mom's stay at home and men go to work so the woman must learn how to cook is because when women get pregnant they often decide not to work and rightfully so I can imagine working with a weight in your lower belly and having hormones all over the place gets pretty exhausting. And naturally most employers won't reserve your job for 4 months so you end up quiting so by the time the baby is born you're already unemployed your partner is employed so it just makes sense that the woman would be the one to stay at home just from that employment status.
As for why men are more prevalent you could put it down to the fact that female chefs might get pregnant and there career doesn't take off to the point where they become a celebrity, while male chefs stay at work and become celebrities, but to be honest that's just part of it.
Being in a chefs kitchen is a very stressful experience, it's very hot, you need to work with other people within strict time limits and you need to keep doing it for hours on a busy service without a break. It's kind of like being in the army too as the head chef acts as a squad commander on top of all of this, so cooking in a professional kitchen is not dissimilar to being in the army and I don't want to get to explaining human nature and psychological differences between men and women but how many little girls fantasise about being in the army vs Little boys? It's not a huge amount so in a free society you can expect those choices can be respected.
Also I want to make clear that being a professional chief and someone who cooks at home are totally different experiences, I can imagine that a lot of little girls think about being a cheif without knowing it will be like that because cooking at home can be quite relaxing.
Men just have natural flair for cooking. I love cooking and read cooking books, watching cooking shows.
The reason women cook at home is simply because men are working outside. In millennials it has shifted though its mostly take out, girls can't cook for shit. I know before ladies start pouncing yes there are still enough who can but as a norm girls don't care anymore about cooking, and not really that good at it.
Its also tradition just like guys still do outside work women work inside. Women I would say still prefer to do more nurturing work so they may enjoy cooking as well especially for their families.
My sister is a chef and got shit on by her male co workers constantly. Not all, but they think less of her, because she is a girl. My sister graduated top of her class in Johnson and wales Uni and is able to out cook all of them. She even gets praise from the owners and higher ups. It's because men don't like getting out beat by a girl. Not even just guys, anyone that feels like they need to compete with their co workers will undermine them. But in the work force, its a male dominated thing. A kitchen at home is way different. When its a job and money and status is involved, its comes at no surprise that men will do that. And to be fair, not a lot of women can do it. It really takes a special kind of women to pull that job off. My sister says a lot of women have come through and quit because they can't keep up or they result in sleeping around. A kitchen and a work kitchen are very two different things. And its not an easy thing to do, but most of the time, blame other women for giving women a bad name in the field, because its them who have ruined the image most of the time. But! If a woman can prove herself, she WILL get reconginzed. My sister is becoming the sous-chef and getting a black jacket were she works after long months of proving herself, without the need to have to sleep her way there.
From what I've heard of female professional chefs: women. Are expected to cook so no one sees it as special. Ask a lot of male chefs about who inspired them to cook and they'll say their mom or grandma did but then they'll turn around and think women can't keep up in the kitchen. It's really strange. It's kind of like when guys who are dads get paised for babysitting the kids or get praised because they do their daughter's hair, even though that's what being a parent entails. Its seen as an expectation/norm for the woman and going above and beyond for the guy.
I'm sure some do but given what I've experienced when my dad cooks he leaves a big mess and doesn't clean up, he doesn't know what he's doing and my mum get frustrated and takes over
Well same here😂 my dad only knows how to make sandwiches (he makes good ones thoug) but he can't actually cook things like pasta or fried or boiled chicken... and he also leaves a big mess. I like grilling steaks and chicken, we have a grill on the roof of our family beach chalet where I actually enjoy grilling but that's like once a year
It is a thing mostly traditional families do, it is not always the woman. It started in the past when men worked outside or started to have jobs, and women didn't work, so someone had to take care of the house. If both partners have a job the house duties must be shared.
Lol yes I agree about that but I meant if men are good at cooking why can't they also cook at home. Personally you know I'm just 13 so I don't cook so often, but I find cooking interesting sometimes I don't know why this is considered girly?
Yeah I understand, I don't know how can chefs cook all these plates in a same day... it's a tirying job and lot of hard work for sure. What restaurant is he working at?
I love being a house wife and cooking, even though I have a full time job. To be honest my husbands job is more labour intensive so he deserves to rest when he comes home, not cook. Plus.. he just can't. Depends on the guy! My dad is a chef and an amazing one at that, definitely cooks better than I do lol.
Western society values women. All others don't. Except some African cultures. Muslims treat women horribly Asians treat women horribly Indians don't treat women well.
Tolerating women’s liberty and actually liking it are not the same. Get a man mad and listen to the flaming disrespectful things they say about women🙄 Comparing is useless as well... someone always has it worse. Stop with that.
Well to be fair, get anyone mad enough regardless of who is mad and who is getting them mad, and the person getting mad will say flaming disrespectful stuff about them, period. But I get your point. That in and of itself isn't enough evidence of anything particular, in my opinion. Granted, I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm simply asking for more specifics. I feel like people say things like ^ what you said literally all the time, and then people are just nodding their heads with "Right, right" without then asking any follow-up questions about what exactly that's supposed to entail.
In historical times - men were the ones who did the hunting and fishing so men have genetic traits that make them faster, more accurate, stronger, more visually oriented and more coordinated than woman - this is why top chefs are men. Woman on the other the hand were raised to take care of children since they were not strong enough to hunt for food or do farming work and since woman couldn't spend their time hunting or fighting wars - they cooked and cleaned by default
Professional chefs often have to manage a crew of people in a noisy, hot, high pressure situation. I think that traditionally men have adapted better to that role. However, many women are entering career fields that were once male dominated, so there may be more women working as chefs in the future.
When I am home with family, I mostly do guy stuff. When I am alone, I cook for myself. I think it's just customary, plus many men like to invest more time than needed in cooking - I know for one that if I start cooking, I never stop shy of perfection, and it takes too much time.
My oldest brother is always the family cook whenever there's a gathering. He can cook any meat and throw together any side like it was his birthright. But I think for the most part it's the subconscious stigma that women are "supposed" to be the one in the kitchen while men are the ones who are supposed to gather or provide the food
I don't think only men are supposed to work that's sexist both ways. It means that we should work to serve women while they don't work or it means that women are weak and can't work. And that's not the truth
So you’re saying women don’t work? Yet 58,6% of women in the US alone work. And those that don’t often still work, but it goes undocumented or it’s in the form of taking care of children (and yes, this is work. Personally I think it’s harder than “regular” work).
Because men usually have higher income jobs. My dad earns enough to support everyone, and my mother had cancer surgery a couple years back, she has not worked since, she often travels with my dad for his work, and cooks for him at home.
Its from the traditional past where the man goes to work and earn enough money for the whole family, and she stays at home and does the house stuff... obsolete bc good payed jobs are rare like unicorns, women work now too but still not earning enough...
Well personally I think women cook because it's necessary and they don't actually have a passion for it.
I think women are probably great bakers and I wouldn't be surprised if most bakeries are owned by women. However in terms of running a top tier kitchen I'm pretty sure that's where most men step in.
I'll take it as an age thing but you have to realise that a lot of people can't cook. Through my dating life probably half of my partners can't cook. Which is fine with me because I can and quite enjoy it. So if they want to compromise with the washing up that's fine with me.
Being inferior to men, women need to demonstrate their servile status by cooking at home and cleaning laundry while wearing skimpy and degrading costumes. Thats how it should be anyways
My mom couldn't cook for shit. My dad is a good cook and I can cook.
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Its a thing of culture and tradition, men were outside fighting bears, women stayed at home and cooked and took care of children. Women can't fight bears, obviously. And if a man both fought bears and cooked for himself, the woman would become completely unnecessary in his life
Women can fight bears, men didn't fight bears with their bare hands because that's biologically impossible, we fought them with spears and bow and arrows. Girls can shoot arrows too. In our modern day u just need a rifle to kill a bear, women can pull triggers just as men
Men are superior at cooking, but women need to show their worth somehow so they convince their man that he isn't a good cook and then they take over the kitchen where they reside for eternity
I know more female famous chefs. That guy is literally the only famous male chef that I know. He is mostly popular for his rude and blunt comments on people’s food tho I feel like you are reaching.
Women tend to cook because men are working. Re men being most of professional chefs its because men have a competitive instinct to be the best so they often push the limits of excellence more than women do.
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