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Someone’s come up with a gender-neutral variation for ‘daddy’
A tweet challenging the use of the term ‘daddy’ went viral over the weekend. Posted by Twitter user @chlostrophobic, it said:
‘Saying ‘yes daddy’
– boring
– overused
– reinforces patriarchal ideals
Saying ‘yes chef’
– cool
– inventive
– gender neutral
Saying ‘yes daddy’
– boring
– overused
– reinforces patriarchal idealsSaying ‘yes chef’
– cool
– inventive
– gender neutral— Chloé? (@chlostrophobic) September 14, 2019
In less than 48 hours, the tweet has received over a quarter of a million likes(!), 50k+ retweets and thousands of comments.
Some comments came from people who already use the term for the actual father.
Wow the fact I call my real father Chef makes this even harder to read without choking
— Frigousse (@Frigouste) September 14, 2019
Many tweets came from those who work in kitchens or are studying to cook for a living.
This makes my kitchen job feel very different all of a sudden ?
— Lucas Grange (@QuieterInPerson) September 14, 2019
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Others just saw an opportunity for a joke and ran with it.
“Toss my salad”
“YES CHEF!”i can’t stop laughing.
— The Joy Of PESI (@thejoyofPESI) September 15, 2019
There’s a joke here about chefs saying ‘behind’ as they pass someone but it’s too early for me to make it good.
— Mid Life Earth Crisis (@warrenssongpt8) September 15, 2019
Some suggested ‘chief’ as an alternative to ‘chef’, and others – perhaps taking it all too seriously – questioned whether other professions could also be used. But the biggest response? Lots of gifs and memes featuring notoriously volatile British chef, Gordon Ramsay.
— Jackie (@jackiepink777) September 15, 2019
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