Gordon Ramsay
diaryland entry 5:49 p.m. - 2005-11-04
I've been watching the show "The F Word" which is a show by the evil and foul-mouthed chef from "Hell's Kitchen", Gordon Ramsay. In the show, he is saying that he has started a campaign to "get women back in the kitchen."
A lot of people in the UK are up in arms, assuming that he is campaigning to keep women barefoot and pregnant and domestic, like the 50's. But I do not believe that is his intent at all. I believe that he has seen that in entering the workplace and relying on packaged food and fast food, women have given up a great deal of independence.
Women of the last few generations have seen cooking, sewing and other "home" kind of arts as symbols of women being "kept" by men and being dependent on them. However, by giving up cooking, women have in fact become more dependent on men. After all, men are the chefs in the restaurants and the packaged food factories.
Women have put themselves in the position of being completely dependent on men for their very survival. If you are a woman who has not learned to cook, you are in the shameful position of not being able to live without a man feeding you.
I'm with Gordon Ramsay. Women need to get back into the kitchen and show that they really are independent. Make good and healthy food for your family! And if you're single, prove that you care about yourself, and make good and decent food for yourself! Stop eating things prepared by pimply teenagers in fast food places! You don't need them to survive. You just need a few skills and some confidence.
Take a class at the local community college, or just start reading cookbooks and watching cooking shows on tv. You can't be a strong, independent woman if you can't even feed yourself.
*stepping off soapbox*
Alana
www.girlalive.com
