For the first question, "Do you think that John is treating the women in his life like the meat or cattle that he focuses his work on? What about the other men in the novel?," I do think that the men in the novel definitely treat the women in this book like a "piece of meat." The men expect certain things from the women that they are having a sexual relationship with, whether it be their wife or not. I felt that John thought that he could get away with treating Akiko like she had to, in a way, bow down to him and do whatever he tells her to do just because of the fact that she is married to him.
For the second question, "Why do you think it's so important for Japanese women to watch beautiful American women cooking the meat?," I think that it's all about how women are portrayed in commercials or TV shows for advertising. Women in the show, My American Wife!, are portrayed as the typical American wife that cooks all of the meals, cleans the house and raises the children. The Japanese women that watch this show think that they have to live up to the standards of the TV show, which makes Akiko think that she has to be "perfect" in the definition of perfect that society has given.
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