Kitchen Stereotypes

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The image above is just one of the “women belong in the kitchen” jokes. I am not sure whether the picture screams, "the only dream you can have—as a woman, is a beautiful kitchen; and your goal is to cook the most delicious dinner that will make your man buy you that kitchen." Or, the sarcasm is trying to make you see the connection between religious morals and inequality between genders. Either way, I am disgusted by such “joke” which obviously comes off as an outright sexist, and reinforces female negative stereotypes—whether it is intended to be funny or not. Such “joke” does not only insult women, but it also offends men who might decide that maybe they would like to “belong in the kitchen” as well (i.e. male chefs). Thank heavens, I married

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