Happy Birthday Chris A.!

I was taught/raised differently and have always stood up for women (and children) and have and will always treat them with respect!

I agree. 

Amen to that! 

You'd be surprised how stupid people are. I worked in a kitchen cabinet making factory for 20 years around a lot of racist people. When they found out I could cook, I would get remarks like "Only women cook" or "Men don't cook". Then I would ask them "Do you know who Emeril Lagasse is"? And they would reply things like, "Well that's different". Um, male chefs are men who loved cooking and made a career out of it...Hello! Read your history books. Women, until  last maybe 30-40 years, weren't allowed to own restaurants, etc. and only could food in their own homes. They were actually forced and taught to only cook at home for their husbands and children. There were no "waiters" except maybe in France. Foodnetwork did a lot to help change that.  These falsehoods are still taught because that's what their parents and grandparents were taught...and is supposed to be the life they should have.

I was taught/raised differently and have always stood up for women (and children) and have and will always treat them with respect! That's what I teach my younger ones and everyone else!