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The husband could do all the cooking, a family can hire someone to cook, or healthy food can be bought. I don't believe anyone would ever post that a man can't be a good father if he doesn't know how to cook. Cooking and parenting are different skills. I know a couple of excellent mothers with very healthy, happy children who never cook.
What if the family falls on hard times, can't afford a professional cook, and can't afford to eat out? it happens every day in this country. Me, I can roast a chicken with veggies one day, then makes chicken tacos from the leftover meat on the carcass the next day, then do a chicken soup on day 3. That's 3 dinners based on what I bought for 1 meal. this is a handy skill to have, should I go through hard times. those who can't cook, what happens next when the money runs out? McDs dollar menu everyday? Ramen? sorry, you are a bad parent if you can't fix a meal for your kids, male or female. Some men know this, and intentionally choose a wife who can cook and believes it is important to run the household, because they cant do it themselves. Fair enough. we women can do the same, we could marry a low earning beta male who cooks everyday... but most women don't want to do that. We want someone who brings more than home making to the table.
In this day and age with the recipes available on the internet, the videos..the step by step directions..Fred Flintstone could seem like a master chef. It's not that hard.
In this day and age with the recipes available on the internet, the videos..the step by step directions..Fred Flintstone could seem like a master chef. It's not that hard.
Seriously. One doesn't need to cook well in order to make simple sandwiches, heat broth and add vegetables and meat, mix boiling water into grain to make hot cereal, toast bread, put peanut butter on it, boil an egg, wash and slice raw fruit and vegetables, make rice, etc.
Even people who don't cook well can feed their children.
Oh, right...I forgot. Men who can cook are betas who can't earn money.
You are intentionally being obtuse, probably a feminist type, so you are going here instead of admitting that cooking is an important skill for a parent to have, ESPECIALLY mothers. Yes I said it, it is more important for a mother to be able to cook than a father. Why? Because we have a high divorce rate in this country, and mothers usually get custody of their kids. If the worst happens and you become the sole care giver, you should know how to cook.
At any point, do you plan on addressing the actual thread topic, which is about cooking WELL, not about being incapable of boiling water and therefore being a danger to your children, should you find yourself a single parent?
Basically, anybody can cook. Not everyone can cook a variety of foods well, or cook complicated dishes well. But anybody, regardless of gender, should be able to assemble healthful meals for a dependent child, whether or not they are particularly skilled at cooking. One needn't actually cook AT ALL to prepare nutritious food for one's family, when it comes right down to it. Not everything healthy is even cooked in the first place.
What if the family falls on hard times, can't afford a professional cook, and can't afford to eat out? it happens every day in this country. Me, I can roast a chicken with veggies one day, then makes chicken tacos from the leftover meat on the carcass the next day, then do a chicken soup on day 3. That's 3 dinners based on what I bought for 1 meal. this is a handy skill to have, should I go through hard times. those who can't cook, what happens next when the money runs out? McDs dollar menu everyday? Ramen? sorry, you are a bad parent if you can't fix a meal for your kids, male or female. Some men know this, and intentionally choose a wife who can cook and believes it is important to run the household, because they cant do it themselves. Fair enough. we women can do the same, we could marry a low earning beta male who cooks everyday... but most women don't want to do that. We want someone who brings more than home making to the table.
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The women I know who don't cook aren't likely to ever run out of money, they have more in the bank than most make in 10 lifetimes. If they did somehow run out of money, obviously they would start cooking, but for the time being they don't need to do what you do, and stretch out a chicken for 3 meals. They are excellent parents and their children are amazing, beautiful, healthy, respectful children who adore their parents. A person certainly can be an excellent parent and never cook a meal!
Beta male? That's very sexist and insulting to call a man who chooses to take care of his family a lesser man. I live in 2011 where stay at home husbands are as respected as stay at home wives. I live in a world where men and women are partners in life, women do their own interesting things and make their own money, they don't need a man to do that for them. BTW, I know a very high earning lawyer who cooks for his family every night. Some choose to live by gender stereotypes, that's fine, I'm not insulting those people, it seems they don't return the favor and feel free to insult anyone who doesn't live the way they do.
The initial post stated a woman is not a good MOTHER if she doesn't cook. It was an admitted sexist post by someone who only wants a woman who stays home while he works. I disagree with this idea and choose a more progressive way of life. If someone holds sexist views, and feels it's only important for a mother to know how to cook, and not a father, that's fine. We live in a free country, people can think whatever they want, and try to find a partner who agrees, just don't deny that it's sexist and relying on stereotypes.
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You women are so cute when you argue. 
