Well, in olden times, when it was said "husbands owned their wives" (this was a legal thing because he was responsible for EVERYTHING she did, including theft, destruction and murder. She did it, he goes to jail)

Back in a time when husband and wife were actually partners against the harshness of the world.

So, they split all of the tasks that had to be done.

So which of these two is going to plow the fields? This task requires strength and weight.
Who is going to care for the house? Cook the meals and watch the children?

The choices weren't really made by who wanted to do which, they were chosen by nature. The big strong man did the things that required that strength. A woman could only kinda do these things after the man built it all. (like today, now that man has made powered everything, and cleared out the trees and the rocks)

Thus, roles were defined by gender. And women really got the easier half. (there are lots of guys who would prefer the easy life of stay at home dad) And that is because of the natural differences between men and women.

Now, about cooking. When a man decides to learn something, he really learns it. Men do not really have a ho-hum setting. For most things, it is on or off. And men won't stop learning until they have achieved the level the think is good. (perfection is a level choice)

Sure there are some really good women guitarists, but all the greats are men. It is because of this switch. For Hendrix and VanHalen that switch was always on and set to perfection.

Women, for the most part, do not have this laser like focus for learning.

And, to those modern women who refuse to cook, because old gender stereotypes, i ask
"Which of the things that NEED to be done to raise a family are you going to do?"