According to Study, Men eat Meat to 'Affirm Their Masculine Identity'
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A study from the University of California published in the journal ‘Appetite’ has found a link between diet and gender.
Specifically questioned was the validity of the stereotype: “real men eat meat.”
The study was conducted by polling more than 1,700 adults in the United States between the ages of 18 and 88.
Participants were asked about their meat consumption levels, openness to non-meat diets, sense of gender identity
and tendency to conform to gender roles. Researchers found that men who followed more traditional gender roles ate more beef and chicken and had lower levels of openness to non-meat diets.
Similar trends were not observed with men who reported higher fish or pork consumption or with women in general.
This suggests that men may be trying to validate their masculinity by eating more meat.
The study also concluded that a “deeper understanding of gender roles” could be beneficial for the environment.
"Within-gender differences in self-ascribed masculinity/femininity among men offer insights into these phenomena…. A deeper understanding of gender roles may be useful to reducing public meat consumption for improved human health and environmental sustainability." Study authors, via ‘Appetite’
Specifically questioned was the validity of the stereotype: “real men eat meat.”
The study was conducted by polling more than 1,700 adults in the United States between the ages of 18 and 88.
Participants were asked about their meat consumption levels, openness to non-meat diets, sense of gender identity
and tendency to conform to gender roles. Researchers found that men who followed more traditional gender roles ate more beef and chicken and had lower levels of openness to non-meat diets.
Similar trends were not observed with men who reported higher fish or pork consumption or with women in general.
This suggests that men may be trying to validate their masculinity by eating more meat.
The study also concluded that a “deeper understanding of gender roles” could be beneficial for the environment.
"Within-gender differences in self-ascribed masculinity/femininity among men offer insights into these phenomena…. A deeper understanding of gender roles may be useful to reducing public meat consumption for improved human health and environmental sustainability." Study authors, via ‘Appetite’