It does no favors for anyone to have and openly express this opinion.
But is the opinion wrong? Do these people on the right you mention not have a slur for effeminate men based on the preference of meat and dairy alternatives?
What part bewilders you? The “sexual politics of meat” part, or that fact that they chose a conservative stereotype to demonstrate an example? Because their theory is absolutely a thing in our society, meat is unarguably and demonstrably tied into masculinity for a lot of men as the result of advertising and social conditioning. If their example is what bewilders you though I think I can empathize, because this phenomenon is not at all something exclusive to conservatives or the right. Maybe just more pronounced on that side of culture. Plenty of liberal men conflate meat eating with masculinity, to degrees.
Eating meat, especially steak, is very clearly a part of masculine identities in many western nations. That’s self evidently true. It’s well represented in media and if you’ve ever had to eat with men you must have noticed it.
I dodon’t understand what there is to object to in OPs pointing out of a fact of our culture.
It’s honestly bewildering to me that people like you actually exist; the “straw man” people on the right like to belittle.
It does no favors for anyone to have and openly express this opinion.
What? What am I a straw man of? I currently eat meat. This is a clear phenomenon that exists.
But is the opinion wrong? Do these people on the right you mention not have a slur for effeminate men based on the preference of meat and dairy alternatives?
What part bewilders you? The “sexual politics of meat” part, or that fact that they chose a conservative stereotype to demonstrate an example? Because their theory is absolutely a thing in our society, meat is unarguably and demonstrably tied into masculinity for a lot of men as the result of advertising and social conditioning. If their example is what bewilders you though I think I can empathize, because this phenomenon is not at all something exclusive to conservatives or the right. Maybe just more pronounced on that side of culture. Plenty of liberal men conflate meat eating with masculinity, to degrees.
Eating meat, especially steak, is very clearly a part of masculine identities in many western nations. That’s self evidently true. It’s well represented in media and if you’ve ever had to eat with men you must have noticed it.
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dodon’t understand what there is to object to in OPs pointing out of a fact of our culture.Edit: don’t
I think that most rational people don’t think about it.
Lemmy is full of the fringes (both sides) from Reddit and it’s disconcerting.
Pointing out this simple observation will likely garner downvotes, further validating my point