Cooking Feminists
As I was driving into work today I was listening to Kidd Kraddick in the morning. The show has a bunch of people on it ... Kidd, Kellie and Al are the main three, with Shannon, Taylor and JC representating the Under 20 somethings. I don't know much about any of them ... except that Kellie just had a baby.
On the show today, the girls were talking about how they didn't know how to cook. Shannon said she was always getting "shown up" by her brother's girlfriend's who could come over to her parents house and make wonderful meals and she can't cook anything. Kellie said she could cook spagetti but that she didn't know how to make anything else and didn't care to learn. Shannon agreed wtih her.
My first thought, upon hearing this? It must be nice to be able to eat out all the time! Or still live at home and have mom cook for you. Or maybe the girls are anorexic and don't eat?
A caller called in after the diatribe had gone back and forth a bit who proudly proclaimed that her mother hadn't taught her how to cook because she didn't want her to end up "barefoot in the kitchen." Kidd said the most intelligent thing in response. And I paraphrase ...
"That's great, your mom didn't teach you a valuable skill for no good reason and you're proud of that?" Or something along those lines.
They then go into how Kellie could learn to cook and then invite prospective boyfriends over for dinner for a nice date. They went through possible things a well cooked meal could make a man think, "Wow, this woman is really likes me. She isn't afraid to be a little bit traditional and cook for me." There were others, but I don't remember them. At the end, Shannon responded with, "But if I'm doing all this nice stuff for him, what's he going to bring to the table?"
Kidd understood this correctly and said, "See, that's the problem with women today, they are always thinking about what's in it for them."
And he's right. Women today can't be too traditional or too giving, because they want to know what's in it for them. I'm not saying men are not the same way, that's not the subject of my blog, but I do know women that don't like doing nice things for their partners or prospective partners because there's no immediate pay off for them.
Cooking is a prime example. What the heck is wrong with knowing how to feed yourself properly? Are you going to eat out every night? On the morning show, Kellie and Shannon said they would like to date a man who knew how to cook, that was an attractive feature, cooking in a man.
What do they think men think? That a woman that cooks is a rug to walk on? No, it's an attractive feature to them as well. Everybody needs to eat.
I just find it irritating that their are grown women out there who think cooking is a waste of a skill. All political labels and feminist knee jerk reactions aside ... cooking is a necessary part of life. Why not embrace it? And you don't have to be gourmet (I'm certainly not), but taking a little time to read a recipe and practice saves money and is better for you.
And if you're so insecure about your independence that cooking a meal sends you into post feminism shock ... I think the problem is probably with you.
Also, if you have the option not to cook, you probably have more money than you have sense. Necessity, I think, makes cooks of us all.
On the show today, the girls were talking about how they didn't know how to cook. Shannon said she was always getting "shown up" by her brother's girlfriend's who could come over to her parents house and make wonderful meals and she can't cook anything. Kellie said she could cook spagetti but that she didn't know how to make anything else and didn't care to learn. Shannon agreed wtih her.
My first thought, upon hearing this? It must be nice to be able to eat out all the time! Or still live at home and have mom cook for you. Or maybe the girls are anorexic and don't eat?
A caller called in after the diatribe had gone back and forth a bit who proudly proclaimed that her mother hadn't taught her how to cook because she didn't want her to end up "barefoot in the kitchen." Kidd said the most intelligent thing in response. And I paraphrase ...
"That's great, your mom didn't teach you a valuable skill for no good reason and you're proud of that?" Or something along those lines.
They then go into how Kellie could learn to cook and then invite prospective boyfriends over for dinner for a nice date. They went through possible things a well cooked meal could make a man think, "Wow, this woman is really likes me. She isn't afraid to be a little bit traditional and cook for me." There were others, but I don't remember them. At the end, Shannon responded with, "But if I'm doing all this nice stuff for him, what's he going to bring to the table?"
Kidd understood this correctly and said, "See, that's the problem with women today, they are always thinking about what's in it for them."
And he's right. Women today can't be too traditional or too giving, because they want to know what's in it for them. I'm not saying men are not the same way, that's not the subject of my blog, but I do know women that don't like doing nice things for their partners or prospective partners because there's no immediate pay off for them.
Cooking is a prime example. What the heck is wrong with knowing how to feed yourself properly? Are you going to eat out every night? On the morning show, Kellie and Shannon said they would like to date a man who knew how to cook, that was an attractive feature, cooking in a man.
What do they think men think? That a woman that cooks is a rug to walk on? No, it's an attractive feature to them as well. Everybody needs to eat.
I just find it irritating that their are grown women out there who think cooking is a waste of a skill. All political labels and feminist knee jerk reactions aside ... cooking is a necessary part of life. Why not embrace it? And you don't have to be gourmet (I'm certainly not), but taking a little time to read a recipe and practice saves money and is better for you.
And if you're so insecure about your independence that cooking a meal sends you into post feminism shock ... I think the problem is probably with you.
Also, if you have the option not to cook, you probably have more money than you have sense. Necessity, I think, makes cooks of us all.
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