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Boy cooking

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https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/boy-moms-cooking-lessons-sons-b2400726.html What do you see in the picture? Why did boys cooking with mums make headlines over summer? Til Tok influencer Laura Elizabeth Graham went viral over summer for posting a video of her teaching her son to cook with the caption, "Making sure my son can cook so he's not impressed by your daughter's Stouffer's Lasagna" (Stouffers is a brand of frozen pizza.) She went on to say that her son would expect a home cooked meal from his future wife.  (the photo above is not Laura Elizabeth Graham) Why do you think this went viral? What are the assumptions around this statement?  A debate was sparked across social media - what do you think the arguments were? Many people commented that they were also teaching their boys to cook because it was a necessary life skill for independence.  The hashtag #teamdaughterinlaw went viral - why? "Showing a young boy how to cook just...

Gender and patriarchy

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  https://uk.news.yahoo.com/protesters-gather-madrid-calling-spanish-065833863.html What do you see in the photo?  whare is it? what do you think the story is? Can you translate the sign? (Jenni with you #it's over) Hundreds of people protested in Marid last week. Why were they protesting? They were marching in support of Jenni Hermoso after Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish FA, kissed her without consent following their win at the women's world cup. Banners at the protest read, "Sexists and gentlemen, sports are for everyone" and "Out with macho federations" - what do these mean? Rubiales has been suspended for 90 days but he has refused to resign. He claims Jenni Hermoso initiated the kiss. Rubiales's entire coaching staff  have resigned in the last week in support of Jenni and 81 players have said they will not play until a change is implemented. Many in Spain are seeing this as an opportunity to rid the country of institutional sexism. - w...