Kishwar Chowdhury in MasterChef Australia. Photo source: Instagram">
Kishwar Chowdhury in MasterChef Australia. Photo source: Instagram
Gender stereotypes like the notion of women belonging in the kitchen may seem trite and overdone, but these continue to have an effect in a culture that devalues women by asserting that it is their sole duty to cook. These may appear as playful banter directed towards females, or perhaps are characterised by a subtly sexist practice in an otherwise modern and progressive household, or in the worst-case scenario, through an institutionalised norm in a patriarchal setting where cooking is believed to be a degrading task and thus is to be carried out by women.