Men are more often chefs, but the trade of being a chef is one of more aggression and leadership. While I'm not claiming that women are incapable of such aspirations, they are generally less apt to pursue such.

The average man has no real grasp of kitchen work, since they were no doubt taken care of by their mother/other family member, then eventually are a bachelor (eating KD or restaurant food) before meeting a permanent mate, who GENERALLY takes on the domestic roles of their mother.

While I'm not saying this is right, or by any means the way it will always be, it still seems to be the norm RIGHT NOW.

Girls aren't forced into home-ec anymore, and are told they can 'be whatever they want', so this is now changing...and many females are just as useless in the kitchen as a male.

That being said, I'm awesome in the kitchen.