Women were
originally looked at as the primary stay at home workers meaning that they
would do all the household tasks including cooking, cleaning, etc. However,
since the intrusion of men on an act that most women used to prove their love,
value, and care there have been almost divisions between who is the more
dominant in this act. Somehow it is perceived that similar to any non-household
job, cooking is some form of an indicator as to what gender is the better in
comparison to the other. Jessamyn Neuhaus in Lady Like Lunches and Manly Meals highlights how for men there
were specific guidelines that had to be followed by men to secure the “masculinity”
of the hobby of cooking. Just that statement in itself shows exactly my point
on how cooking is some indicator of which gender is better.
In the modern
world, there are all these false stigmas that a man’s meal is large and thus
requires more preparation and components. Women on the other hand have dainty
meals of salads, fruits, etc. However, anyone who has cooked knows that this is
nothing more than someone’s humorous ploy on dietary habits that has extended
too long over time. If such were the case, ironically, how would one even
justify deserts? A man has a cake, while a woman has a cookie? It’s just
inconceivable how one can try to support such dragged out concepts that can’t
be seen naturally.
I mean for the
sake of all that is good, look at this meme. In it a man’s cooking requires
something already packaged. And this person is so foreign to the act that he can't even identify that this is what the directions want him to do.
In this picture
it baffles me because someone genuinely believes that cooking and the art of
cooking is based on gender. Whether something tastes good or not has nothing to
do with what kind of person made it as opposed to the culinary skill of the
person who made it.
Now This, THIS
IS BEAUTIFUL!!
I would dare to say that this sums it up nicely wouldn't you?
I would dare to say that this sums it up nicely wouldn't you?
