Yeah, I have a real problem with NYC stepping in as the big dietary nanny. It is up to all of us to do the research needed to keep ourselves healthy. I seriously doubt second-hand soy from beef cattle is going to make you a girly man, if it did, there would be more girly men out there than there are. I do buy hormone free meat, however, cause you never know.
I wasn't really too worried about the effects of eating second-hand soy. The effects probably would have become apparent by now. But, those Brokeback Mountain cowboys did eat alot of beef, so maybe....