In our household it is my duty to cook most of our family meals. I take it as a point of pride that my family only eats non-proccessed meats and loads of fresh vegetables and fruit. I have been concentrating on meals that include homemade stock and soup base lately. Cooking is a skill that is important for anyone, male or female- yet it seems that less and less people know how to really cook because it is viewed as a skill for homemakers- and home makers receive little to no respect for their skills and sacrifices. Some refuse to learn how to cook as they think it may lead to a lack of professional esteem that disempowers them as individuals (man or woman) and implies an inability to do all the "important stuff" that requires other skills.
I have no respect for those that attempt to claim there are women's jobs and men's jobs. Yesterday I taught my youngest daughter how to bake blueberry muffins and to prepare home-made beef and noodles. Having the cooking skill set is not a sexist conspiracy to deny dignity to homemakers, rather it is an ability that enables the homemaker to be active in the care of the health and well-being of the family.
More fathers should be aware of the impression they make on their daughters and make sure that their actions and training will lead to self-actualization of our daughters and unconscious relationship cues that will enable our daughters to make healthy relationship decisions for themselves in the future.
Teach your daughters the skills they need for this world, not an idealist version of they way we wish the world works.
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