People sometimes ask this question. It comes from an old joke. The joke is not new. It has been around for many years.
The main answer in the joke is this: You need to make both hot before you put the meat in.
This means:
- For a frying pan, you heat it first. Then you add meat. The meat cooks well.
- For a woman, the joke says you need to make her excited first. Then things go better in bed.
This joke is about sex. It compares cooking to intimacy.
Many people think this joke is old-fashioned. Some say it is sexist. Sexist means it treats women in a bad or unfair way. It shows women only as objects for men. Today, many do not like such jokes. They want respect for everyone.
In old times, people told jokes like this often. Men told them to other men. Now, times have changed. People want kind and equal jokes.
There are other ideas about women and frying pans too.
- In cartoons, angry women hit men with frying pans. It is funny in stories, but not in real life.
- Some songs or shows use frying pans in funny ways. But not always about women.
In real life, women and frying pans are different. A frying pan is a tool for cooking. Women are people with feelings, ideas, and rights.
If you hear this question, it is probably the old joke. But think if it is kind to say.
Jokes can be fun. But good jokes make everyone laugh without hurt.
By day, I’m a Doctor of Clinical Psychology student (Psy.D.) at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – basically learning how the brain works while drinking way too much coffee.
By night (and weekends, and lunch breaks…), I’m a total kitchen geek. I’m that person who gets excited over a new spatula, owns three different vegetable choppers “for science,” and has strong feelings about which nonstick pan actually stays nonstick.