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Gender Stereotypes In Turkey's In The Kitchen By Dave Barry

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In “Turkey’s in the Kitchen”, Dave Barry provides the audience with a message based on the decrease in gender roles from the stereotypes of men. The author’s message is shared through a personal experience on how males are not expected to help out in the kitchen. Gender roles have been an issue throughout society for many years, especially because of the constant reminder of equality. The story rhetorically presents how gender roles can be effective even in the simplest of situations, for example, while cooking Thanksgiving dinner. In the short story, the author expresses gender roles by relating to circumstances that have happened in the kitchen. Based on the author’s personal experiences, he predicts that women have a natural instinct on
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