Why Don't Men Bake?

Why Don’t Men Bake?

Martha Stewart.

Candace Nelson.

Betty Crocker.

Iconic and influential,

These women frosted the road of

Pastries.

These women perfected the art of combination of

Delightfully white powders and creamy dairy products.

Each women discovering over and over again

The chemistry in which

Molecules perfectly collide with the others,

Which electrons waltz well with certain protons.

Their labs coated, with ideas, inspiration and success

Like thick, damp moss in a swamp.

Baking is science.

Then why don’t men bake?

Why don’t men bake if it really is

Science.

Men are so caught up in science outside of the kitchen,

Like flies in a sugar trap.

Why don’t men invest themselves into this science?

Is it because baking is

“Girly?”

Why don’t men bake?