DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
GENDER DEVELOPMENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cleaner
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Chef
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Nurse
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Babysitter
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Detailed explanation-1: -25.2% of all chefs are women, while 74.8% are men. The average age of an employed chef is 42 years old. The most common ethnicity of chefs is White (55.0%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (17.1%), Asian (11.4%) and Black or African American (10.3%). Chefs are most in-demand in New York, NY.
Detailed explanation-2: -Historically, food preparation and household cooking have been assigned to women, and cooking has been linked to female gender roles and identity.
Detailed explanation-3: -But it is recognized that men are more consistent. Because they are not affected by varying metabolic cycles. “To produce the same food product from day to day, consistency is needed. That might be the tendency why many chefs are male, ” he explained.
Detailed explanation-4: -A woman cooking gets called a “cook.” A man cooking gets called a “chef."