A recent study conducted by UCLA suggests that males eat meat in order to be more manly.
Grilling and eating lots of meat is seen by many as a masculine practice and that is what the university found when it questioned 1,706 adult Americans between 18 and 88 years of age.
UCLA’s goal was to find out whether traditional gender roles are being reinforced through meat consumption by asking participants about their dietary habits and willingness to turn to a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle.
The findings of Daniel Rosenfeld and Janet Tomiyama – two leading psychologists at UCLA – suggest that men tend to eat meat like chicken and beef. Also, males were normally less likely than females to have an open mind when it comes to veganism or vegetarianism. As a consequence, the study suggests that men are likely to follow their masculine nature.
What absolute “forward thinking” modern day BULL💩! Gender roles have absolutely ZERO to do with it, I’d guess most would say it tastes great, & is actually better for you than the crap they push on us.🙄 Men eat meat to feel manly: study – New York Post https://t.co/2uxjRswRhs
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The research shared in the academic journal Appetite suggests that changes in how we view gender roles could have an effect on reducing meat consumption.
Rosenfeld wrote the following:
“Shifting men’s perceptions of ideal gender roles away from traditional masculinity could lead to their reduced consumption of beef and chicken.”
Ah this is an amazingly bad take 😂😂 'sCiEncE' says 'the more men feel like they have to follow traditional notions of masculinity, the more meat they eat' #steak #eatmeat https://t.co/UqnFOMk7gY
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The researchers intend to further look into how natural gender roles impact what people consume.
It notes:
“A deeper understanding of the role of gender may help reduce public meat consumption to improve human health and environmental sustainability.”
The researchers are clearly fighting to change the way we eat by trying to promote a change in natural human behavior. The question is, however, how would such changes impact the relationships we have with one another?
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