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Sexual Politics in the Kitchen

How does gender affect our relationship with food? Are old fashioned stereotypes still at work when it comes to what we eat, cook and buy, and if so, why?

How does our gender affect our relationship with food? Does it determine what we want to eat, how we cook or what we buy? And as gender roles change, how too are the traditional roles for men and women changing when it comes to food? We speak to renowned food campaigner and feminist Susie Orbach, retailer Andrew Opie and chef turned whole-food campaigner Michel Nischan about how food is marketed to women and about the gender stereotypes still prevalent.

We talk to two Michelin starred female chefs about sexism in the professional kitchen. We visit Mauritania to hear about traditional gender roles in the fishing industry there and we get an insight into the 1970s idea of what constitutes 'masculine' food by taking a glance back at Playboy, with food historian Polly Russell.

(Photo: Michelin-starred French chef Helene Darroze in the kitchen. Credit: Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP/Getty Images)

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27 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Jun 2015 22:32GMT

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  • Sat 13 Jun 2015 07:32GMT
  • Sun 14 Jun 2015 02:32GMT
  • Sun 14 Jun 2015 13:32GMT
  • Sun 14 Jun 2015 22:32GMT

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