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In reply to the discussion: 13-Year-Old Girl Asks Easy Bake Oven To End Sexist Ads: [View all]jmowreader
(50,557 posts)95. It's sexist but you're not quite there yet
Chef means "chief" in both French and German. Anyone with Chef in his or her title has a leadership role in the kitchen brigade. Men were the chefs because they thought women couldn't lead.
(I edited this to add a war story. I was reading a German language document and came upon the title 'chef des nachtrichten.' I knew 'nachtrichten' is German for 'information' but 'chef' - do they have a kitchen down there or something? I really thought this guy was a cook until someone told me the German army calls commanders and leaders chefs.)
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I have noticed that almost invariably men are called "chefs", women are called "cooks".
Odin2005
Dec 2012
#39
I had a creepy crawler edible machine when I was a kid. I loved it!
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2012
#20
Uber-pinkness can be traced to Disney and the popularity of princesses in the late 90's early 00's..
Moonwalk
Dec 2012
#59
If you expose boys to cooking, they can get a distorted idea of what a man is supposed to be.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#12
I think it's disgusting nearly everything targeted to girls is either pink or purple.
gkhouston
Dec 2012
#13
Not surprising. It can be difficult to find clothes for girls that aren't pink/purple,
gkhouston
Dec 2012
#44
I never buy the pink version of things. I actually like the color, and wear it
gkhouston
Dec 2012
#72
I remember the ads for them in the Sears catalogs with the yummy chocolate cake!
Quixote1818
Dec 2012
#19
I sewed with my mom and wanted an easy-bake oven....and turned out totally gay
DonRedwood
Dec 2012
#35
It's too bad you didn't know about all the usually male-dominated professions
kentauros
Dec 2012
#62
Good for her. My nephew likes cooking, beads, etc. and it's annoying that the
Politicub
Dec 2012
#34
At age 6, I learned the hard way that plastic pans don't make good baking dishes when my
catbyte
Dec 2012
#36
I think it is actually harder for boys then girls to blur the gender lines these days.
Jennicut
Dec 2012
#73
A friend's son was told recently that he couldn't play with something because it was pink,
LeftyMom
Dec 2012
#55
many toys for little girls are to "play" raising babies, "play" cook, even "play" keeping house
stuntcat
Dec 2012
#76
Children ARE allowed to play with any type of toy they want....your post is proof of that....
cbdo2007
Dec 2012
#106
I don't think all children are allowed. And until all are allowed there is a problem....
Little Star
Dec 2012
#108