Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
eindeutig auf Rollen fixiert
English translation:
(strictly) a woman\'s thing
German term
eindeutig auf Rollen fixiert
Does this mean something along the lines of not being spelled out or not being restricted to only one way of doing something? I can find it this phrase in other texts but don't want to make any assumptions since this likely won't translate directly.
Jul 21, 2012 19:09: Usch Pilz changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
Germany
A way with words
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
(strictly) a woman's thing
Something along the lines of:
Everyday cooking will only really appeal to men when it's no longer seen/portrayed as strictly a woman's thing.
http://www.nairaland.com/952752/marrying-woman-cant-cook
Cooking isnt so much of a woman's thing anymore.A lot of men cook good these days
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http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/gender-debate
Food preparation in the home kitchen has usually been considered a woman’s job or a woman’s [pseudo]”duty”. It’s the dutiful and domesticated housewife who has snacks baked and prepared and then prepares dinner when the hard working husband comes home from work. Then there’s baking. In truthfulness, there’s that stereotype/gender role that baking is a woman’s thing. You know what I’m talking about: women baking is the norm but when men bake, it’s not the norm
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British Diana
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Thank you Diana
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Erik Freitag
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Thanks efreitag
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Wolf Draeger
: Maybe duty or task instead of thing :-) depending on source's register.
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Thank you Wolf.
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barbarameyer
: Nicely put
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Thanks barbara
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franglish
: or ... as being women's domain.
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Thanks franglish. Yes, domain - nice suggestion;-)
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(no longer seen as) a role-based function
In other words, it's not so much a matter of reconsidering what the roles of a man and woman in a relationship are, but rather of questioning the very notion of different roles in the first place; so, men will take on cooking duties once they realize that it isn't the man or the woman's job in particular to cook, it's just something that needs to be done, by either the man or the woman, or both (shared).
Or "role-specific" function (or task).
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
tied to distinct role perceptions
"In a way, cooking only becomes interesting to men if it's no longer tied to distinct role perceptions."
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