From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!jj
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Re: cooking etc.
Article-I.D.: rabbit.872
Posted: Thu Nov  4 16:59:06 1982
Received: Fri Nov  5 07:06:07 1982
References: ihuxt.115

	Regarding cooking, several individuals (of the female gender) that
I have from time to time been friends with have all had the same characteristic,
namely that they were very poor cooks, didn't care about cooking, and 
furthermore thought that it was very bad form for anyone to expect them
to know how to cook. While I certainly realize that this situation is
anomalous, I wonder if any other people (male) have had the same experience,
namely that they were expected to do all the cooking because the other person,
(female, that is)  did not have the necessary skills, and (in one case) greatly
resented the thought that both should share in the cooking.  The first
time that this happened to me, I was surprised.  After several instances,
I became quite hesitant to even allow the subject to come up, lest it cause
an arguement.  While I haven't been in this situation for quite a while,
due to a (temporary, and fading??) withdrawal from the human race,
I wonder if anyone else has had the same experience.  While I enjoy cooking,
and don't really mind the role reversal, it was quite disturbing to me that
I should be expected to do all the cooking in order to be non-sexist.  Quite
a shock, that. Of course, these instances were all in the mid to late
70's, and the situation may be different now!?
	rabbit!(oh, no him again!)jj