Posted on 03/05/2022 10:38:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
From plant-eating bodybuilders to role models like Lewis Hamilton, so-called ‘hegans’ are turning gender stereotypes on their head
It was a Sunday afternoon in the late 1980s and the house was filled with the fatty scent of roast lamb. I absentmindedly enquired about the origins of lunch and my brother pointed at the mewing sheep in the field adjacent to our house. I was a five-year-old boy, and I decided on the spot to become the first vegetarian in my family.
My parents, while broadly supportive, were understandably bemused – and concerned. It was a less enlightened time, and my lack of dietary protein was a constant worry. They assuaged this by occasionally feeding me Chicken McNuggets under the not entirely misplaced logic that they weren’t really meat. After I’d cottoned on, I would sheepishly order a cheeseburger “without the burger” whenever we went to McDonald’s.
I became accustomed to teasing and shaming – from digs at the apparently tasteless gruel I was consuming to the ubiquitous use of “gay” as an insult, mostly from guys who seemed offended by my decision to not eat dead things. I didn’t know anyone else – male or female – who was veggie. I hated ordering food when out with groups of lads because I knew there would be titters and comments about my masculinity. From the years I was at school right into my 2os, rarely a day passed without some sort of jibe about my diet. As a result, for many years I hid the real reason – claiming it was simply “habit” rather than sensitivity to animal welfare.
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Fairy Vegans?
steroid vegans
Do ‘roids count as plants?
Although, I know a former champion bodybuilder that was a lacto-ovo-vegetarian, you need at least eggs in order to get the full nutrients necessary from your diet.
Are these the same guys Hans and Franz that came to “Pump You Up”?
When you eat plants you’re also eating dead things. What a tool.
CC
My partner, a 71 year old, has been on a 2-month meatless diet. He has had 2 heart attacks. He feels great now. He watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skdRXNG8PNY. I make no other comment.
I’ve observed that guys who use the phrase “social construct” tend to have man buns more often that not.
Yeah, and bust the myth that real men sleep with women and real men are leaders and real men protect the vulnerable...the world will totally be a better place after we get rid of all these damn myths...
Your post made me smile. You could do a You Might Be A Real Man routine like:
You might be a real man if you stand up to pee.
Or
You might be a real man if you change a lady’s tire
Or
Say yes ma’am and no ma’am.
I think you’re on to something to long ignored or forgotten. Regards
Are these “Vegan Bros” running a 501-C to gain tax-exempt status with money laundering functions. I’m thinking of becoming a Tooth Fairy, for a fee, to put loose change under kid’s pillows.
Do they man books like super healthy Bill Gates?
I eat predominantly vegetarian. My cholesterol dropped a hundred points and I’m back to the weight I was in my 20s.
I still like meat but rarely eat much of it.
Can they still be vegans if they swallow?
(yes, I’m going to Hell.) :P
Democrat scum intend to criminalize mrat.
We are having steak for dinner tonight. Thanks for the post.
Humans eat animals. It’s the order of nature. Anyone who doesn’t eat animals should eat his brussel sprouts and stop the preaching.
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