I have 3 brothers, and all my SIL who married them all praise my Mum big time as my brothers are all men who have no problem with chores: all of them cook, clean and just get on with whatever needs doing.

One of my SIL's also has mentioned to me that she loves that her DH (my brother) not only does the jobs, but doesn't expect 4 hours of adulation for doing it!

My Mum wasn't strict so much, but certainly as kids we ALL had chores to do, indoors, and outisde the house, and I do remember my Mum "teaching" the boys how to cook, and certainly we all pitched in with all jobs such as mopping/bathroom cleaning etc. (As such I can also turn my hand to moving the lawn, cleaning out gutters etc!)