Old Saying, "Kitchen Is Only For Women"

    

     Today I want to talk about gender binary in the kitchen. Who cooks for you when you are hungry? your mother? your father? I guess the answer would be by yourself. The world has changed. There used to be a gender binary because the men had to go out to work so women were always in charge of cooking. However what about now? As the world entered 21st century, the society also wants women to come out of their kitchen and work just like men. 

     According to an article Why still 26% of US Women Still Choose Not To Work  by Annalyn Kurtz, in 1950, only 37% of women ages 25-54 participated in the labor force. The number rose rapidly, climbing to 74% by 1990. Even if 26% still doesn't work however it is a great improvement compare to 1950s. This shows that now a lot of women have a job like men. For example, that statistic could be explained with my case. My grandmother was born in 1941. When I went to my grandmother's house she hated when my father was in the kitchen. She made my mother and aunt to do all the cooking stuffs. However, my mother is different from her. She always give me and my sister the same amount of works in the kitchen. The world has changed and so did the culture. People who talk about gender inequality in kitchen is still thinking that it is still 1950s. We can see a lot of cases in our daily life. We see a boyfriend cooking for his girlfriend and we also see how our mothers and fathers cook together and how happy they look. It is not 2014 and now it is different from 1950s.