Is it me or do women suck at cooking and men are better than they used to be?

Question

Are women worse at cooking and men are much better and in fact better than women at cooking? Might just be me but this is what I see.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I didn't vote. If there had been an option of "they are equally good" then I would have clicked that one.

I don't think it's a gender thing, both genders are capable of being good!

That's like saying "men are better parents than women" or "women are more practical than men" People have strengths and weaknesses!

Men are becoming more open minded about cooking certainly. And before people think "wtf" take my grandfathers generation. He went out to work, and to the war, and the woman stayed at home, cooked, and cleaned and brought the children up. That's the way it was. And as a result, a lot of men of his generation cannot cook or know the essentials.

Certainly in my family my grandfather cannot cook, my dad can cook but not bake, my mum can cook but her speciality is baking cakes, I can cook and bake, and my brothers can cook but they cook to their tastes and cannot expand their skills to new territory of something someone else might cook. My dad and I can.

So yeah what I'm saying is...really depends on the person and how practiced they are.

BlueSJ · Accepted Answer

I voted A.

Because in my culture, or let's say at least in my family,

women are supposed to learn how to cook,

so their moms teach them cooking when they are young (maybe 9-11 year old).

If the man's mom discovered that his girl can't cook,

she will start talking about her and bother her all the time.

That's why I am learning. lol xD

It's a very important point in the girl that she should know how to cook,

she should be clean and tidy.

If someone told a girl that her room, for example, is dirty or messy,..

this's considered a big insult for her. xD

So yeah in my family, men suck in cooking;

because they aren't supposed to learn it.

While women are way better in it.

But still some men like to learn and they enjoy it,

so they are getting better. ^-^

theluvgame101 · Accepted Answer

I can't really vote on this one. I don't think it's a men or women thing. Some women burn water and some can turn water into wine. Same for guys.

There are definitely more men who are cooking now, and with all those chef shows, it's actually starting to look like a male thing to do. It's definitely a la mode...no pun intended.

Most of us who have great examples will learn how to do it well enough...but there are some of us that just have a special skill for it. Not about gender, more about passion.

My husband kicks my ass in the kitchen, but still, for the sake of the poll, I chose A.

aMuse · Accepted Answer

Men have always been better cooks... The large majority of the worlds great chefs are men. There are good amount of men that know how to cook well that are normal guys, but many women cook as a more routine task in the household. I'd guess this is due to women usually having a larger role in nurturing the children. Kids want something to eat so they ask mom. Mom takes off early for work to pick up the kids from school, so mom is around the house to get dinner ready. Dad usually works late, so the kids would have ants in their pants waiting to eat if they had to sit around and wait for him to come home.

Alessus · Accepted Answer

Due to the chaging of times, it is quite likely that many men have gotten better at the art of cooking and because women aren't "required" to cook anymore hence some of them have abandoned to art completely, so yes women in general have probably gotten worse at cooking and men in general have gotten better than before. But then again, most of the top chefs in the world have been male, so it probably isn't that men suck at cooking by some default law, it's just that most men have not bothered to learn how to cook because of social etiquette of the time and the availability of fast food restaurants.

Anonymous · Answer

not the women in my family... I grew up on homecooked food, and I know how to cook basically anything... a lot of my friends were raised on pre made food or fast food, and don't even know how to boil water! lol...

I agree men are getting better... but that's because they are being forced to because all the new crappy women cooks of this fast food generation. but still as a whole I think there are more women cooks that are good at cooking.

tweetumzz · Answer

i don't know but from where I'm from women are the one who are expected to cook so as far as my culture is concerned we cannot tell but I have to admit I suck at it hehe :) (5 stars)

Deft_maiden · Answer

Define better. It's a subjective term based on what you consider to be superior

Anonymous · Answer

There are women who can cook very nice meals, and guys who can cook very nice meals too. Nobody is better than the other one.

Although in my family its "normal" that the wife cooks, my dad can cook amazing things too so.

ihatework · Answer

i don't know, my cooking skills are pretty bad, I think it might tip the scales back.

Anonymous · Answer

I don't cook. I hate doing it and no matter how much you ask, I'm not going to. So whoever I end up marrying is either going to do the cooking, like take-out, or hire a personal chef. 'Cause I'm not doing it.

Anonymous · Answer

Ummm... most of the famous chefs have always been men. This mindset of "women should be in the kitchen and make better food" is just silly nonsense. Women and men can both make good food. It's got nothing to do with gender. Just the love of cooking.

Don't be so sexist, 7gnat

Anonymous · Answer

I didn't vote seems that both sides have good & bad cooks

pawan_jasoria · Answer

I voted A Cause my mom's cooking is so yummy

Anonymous · Answer

Wait a minute 35-46? I would have expected this question out of a 16 year old boy.

Janson · Answer

im not bad, so yeah

Anonymous · Answer

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