Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 17, 2007

Ooh, sexist!

Caulfield asks “does the cook really need to wash HER hands?” He implies that only women cook. To be fair, a child who grows up in a home where mom always cooks could reasonably have that presumption, as a child who grows up in a home where dad always cooks could also reasonably presume that cooking is man’s work.

Then again, cooking is so widely appreciated as something feminine (which it is, though it’s not female), it might be hard for a child to get the impression that it’s a male activity.

Personally I think this sort of “sexism” is pointless hedging that tarries far away from the real problem, confusing the issue and distracting us from its resolution. It’s a little sad that we’re destroying the homey image of the mother-cook.

Actually, I think he implied that the school’s cook is female.

where i grew up, the apple juice had magic healing properties