CONFESSIONAL: Sexism In The Kitchen Goes Both Ways. “Kitchen guys are constantly offering to help kitchen women. Some of the women will pretend that they can’t carry heavy stuff because there is always some dude who will come and try to help. That being said, the other women will totally shun those female cooks. It’s the men’s way of flirting—they would never go and ask a fellow line cook the same offer. Some guys in the kitchen realize that girls will use being pretty to their advantage.”