Is cooking a job of women? What do you think?

It should be done by the one with both the most skill and the most time, with help from the other, and if that means ignoring social gender roles, so what? I am a trained chef and my partner is not, so I do all the "fancy" cooking and she does the simple stuff, a division of labour that works well for us. Lash

well.. i cook dinner for my family. but that's because my parents work and come back really late. And to accommodate my diet plans, i've volunteered to cook. So that i can eat early. Well, if my parents "demanded" or threw the responsibilities to me, i would just lose the interest of cooking after awhile. BUT i must say my parents have a way to praise me and let me know that they are appreciative. This way, i don't feel taken for granted. And i feel that's the way things should be. In any case, i don't think cooking should be a job JUST for the women. I mean look at all the world chefs they are mostly males as far as i know. I'd like if my man did take the initiative to whip up a dinner now and then. Or i'd appreciate it if, i were to cook dinner and he washed the plates. That's sharing the workload at home. This house isn't just MINE and i'm not your (i meant generically) maid.

Ha Ha.. As in India, the cooking department has been kept limited to ladies only! I do a bit of cooking, but thats purely as a hobby!

my husband is the better cook in our house and he loves cooking so much that he hardly ever lets me cook. it was my husband who taught me that the stereotype of female cooks is outdated. cooking really makes him happy

I do not think it should just automatically be the woman's job and especially if she is working as well. That being said, I think it depends on what works for the couple. I know several households where the man enjoys cooking and does a majority of it. My aunt and uncle were always like that. When I was married, I did cook most of the meals and I didn't mind it at all but there were certain foods that my husband not only enjoyed cooking but was far better than I was at so he would cook them. He was also the breakfast cook on weekends.

If you don't get fed up with eating I can't imagine getting fed up with cooking. I do the majority of the cooking, but my husband and I share the responsibility. When he has days off or on the nights I have to go to school he will prepare dinner. We have been together long enough for him to have learned to cook a variety of delicious meals. The saying in our home is still if you want to eat you might want to be prepared to cook.

[i]Hi ven, My hubby loves cooking and he cooks more than I do! I have a very limited knowledge about it but I am open and learning! I don't think this job is solely for the women alone! This can be done by anyone in the family![/i]

In my family the one who comes home earlier after work does the cooking, or gets the necessary preparations. We share the housework so that we can eat early.

My fiance and I are no cooks. We don't really know how, but when it comes to cooking, I do it. When I say cooking I mean heating up spaghetti o's, making french toast, and stuff like that. I've cooked chicken before, I know how to cook taco's, but I couldn't cook a four course meal by any means.

men can be very good cooks if they try. maybe u should try harder especially if your wife works outside the home.

I think that it is a job that can be easily shared by two people. My husband does not cook as much as I do. But he will do it from time to time. As a matter of fact, he seems to like to cook certain dishes. He is not that bad a chef either! I am usually the one that does most of the cooking in the house. I am a stay at home mother and housewife.

The responsibility for the cooking falls on either the person who WANTS to do, or the couple splits it. It's really up to each individual couple to decide what suits their lifestyle or particular needs. My husband and I split the cooking, although I do more of the cooking than he does. But on nights when I'm really tired, stressed, or he just feels like it, he cooks, and he doesn't mind. He likes cooking. Some men enjoy doing the cooking for the family. Some men are better cooks than their wives. I don't think cooking is inherently a woman's job; it just depends on the needs and desires of the couple. There's nothing wrong with a man cooking; there is something wrong with expecting someone to do a chore based solely on their gender, man or woman.

cooking is not a job it is an art ,it is a part of women to cook and they enjoy it.men can also give some help whilw woman cooks food .i love cooking food and i usually help my wife, sometimes i cook food for lunch or dinner, especially when she is not well i am the charge of cooking.

If you look at Indian mythology, Nala was an excellent cook. So does Bhima. If you go to hotels and restaurants, you can find it is the men who cook. Of course in the house women cook, because in those days, earning money for family was vested with money while running the family was done by women. But as the time progressed, running a family means, both husband and wife contributing equally in all tasks.