Women Turn UpTheir Noses at Vegetarians

Real men eat meat. They may even kill it themselves and drag it home.

They may hope that their love of animals will make them a hit with the ladies. But vegetarian men are seen as wimps and less macho than those who like tucking into a steak – even by women who do not eat meat themselves, research shows. The finding will dismay the hundreds of thousands of single men who have given up meat for health, environmental or animal welfare reasons...

 We all knew that, didn't we?

Further questioning revealed that men who do not eat meat were also viewed as less masculine than the others – even by vegetarians. Researcher Dr Steven Heine, of the University of British Columbia, told Appetite journal that meat and men have always gone hand in hand. 'Meat has been closely associated with power and privilege – a staple for gentry and a rare treat for the peasants,' he said...

 But they think it's a virtue.

Previous research has found that vegetarians are seen as pacifist, weight-conscious and liberal, while fast-food lovers are perceived as patriotic, pro-nuclear and conservative.

I would guess that those generalizations have some basis in reality.

Put on another steak for me,won't you dear?