Gender Stereotypes In Dave Barry's Turkey In The Kitchen

When it comes to who is in charge in the house, most people would say the male, but the truth is the female is in charge. The selection of “Turkey in the Kitchen” shows this very well. In Dave Barry’s “Turkeys in the Kitchen,” he uses humor to examine gender stereotypes. Berry is flat out saying that males are useless in the kitchen. In the selection he says that his wife ask him to watch the kids and he just turns a football game on. Today this is a normal thing for males to do. In the selection Berry explains how his wife asked him to help with something in the kitchen and he ended up getting the wrong type of food. Men are better at grilling outside. This could be because being outside doing something that a lot of females …show more content…
What they do not realize is that the women really appreciate them helping out every now and then. Males tend to think that females can not do the harder things so they need to just do those things. Well the truth is women may not be as strong as men but women can do just as much as men can do.
Many people seem to think that there is gender equality. Well there's not. Most men in today's society are not even trying to learn the ways of the women, and believe there are so many things women can not and should not do.
Berry says “I think most males rarely prepare meals for others, but when they do, they have their specialty dish…..let me say this men, women do not make it easy to learn (Berry 73).” This is very true. When men try to help and try to learn, the women tends to get very aggravated and tell them to just leave. This is quite sexist though because in school women were required to take home economics. According to Berry “...Most men make them as useful around the kitchen as ill-trained Labrador Retriever (Berry 72).” This can not be more true because as stated before, all most guys would rather sit there at watch football rather than help in the kitchen. Berry just comes out and says that men are useless in the kitchen. Berry also makes the statement “You cannot watch small children and the Detroit Lions at the same time, lets face it, the Detroit Lions are way more interesting (Berry …show more content…
Some of the questions include: which ones are the turnips? Do you have to wash them first? Do you have to peel them? If you peel them why did you have to wash them? What do you peel them with? Do you cut them into strips, cubes, or little round pieces? Do you use the same thing you peeled them with? (Berry 74) This may be one of the main reasons the woman does not want the guy to help her, because she does not want to have to answer all the questions and show him what to do. At that point she might as well do all the work herself so she just does not ask for help in the