Posted on 07/21/2022 9:22:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Abstract
The present study examined intergroup judgments made between four groups of non-meat eaters: health vegetarians; ethical vegetarians; health vegans, and ethical vegans. Consistent with hypotheses based on horizontal hostility and the need to maintain ingroup distinctiveness, ethical vegetarians gave unfavorable evaluations to health vegetarians relative to vegans, especially when the mainstream omnivore group was made salient. Contrary to expectations, vegans gave relatively more favorable evaluations to ethical vegetarians than health vegetarians when mainstream salience was low. This was especially true for vegans who were motivated primarily by ethical concerns. When mainstream salience was high, vegans did not distinguish between the vegetarian subgroups. Results suggest that one’s motives for abstaining from meat often play a larger role in this type of intergroup perceptions than one’s dietary practices.
Introduction
Despite increasing claims the last decade that meat consumption harms the environment, personal and public health, and animals [1], vegetarianism still remains a relatively infrequent practice in the U.S...
Despite being relatively small, there is quite a bit of dietary variation within this minority population. Divisions based on diet include: semi-vegetarians, which include pescetarians and pollotarians; ovo, lacto, and ovo-lacto vegetarians; vegans; and fruitarians. The present work is concerned with how favorably non-meat eating subgroups perceive each another. Theoretically, this provides an opportunity to test a framework explicating relations between multiple minority groups. From a practical perspective, for those viewing meat eating as a social problem, it may be helpful to understand the dynamics between these groups, such as how unified they are, as consistency is critical in influencing the majority [4].
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What they don’t know is how relieved the non-vegetarians are at this fact.
I would love to read more but I don’t let me iPad eat cookies.
needs more cowbell...
“Horizontal hostility.... I was going in a whole other direction.”
Horizontal refreshments?
Vegetarianism and veganism appear to be motivated by the religious impulse to sacrifice. That is, by giving something up and adopting specific disciplines they hope to repent of their misdeeds, assuage their guilt, propitiate forces beyond their control, increase their good fortune, and obtain a better future.
Therefore, it is unsurprising that they form sects with doctrinal differences and mutual hostilities.
So far, they are not burning each other at the stake. But one may hope.
Do you know how to tell if someone is a vegetarian?
Sounds like they took the Frank Gorshin episode of Star Trek and made a feature movie out of it.
The question I always had is do vegan women swal..... never mind.
My step-daughter-in-law is as hardcore as they get, but she breast-fed her baby. Seems to go against everything she believes in. She doesn’t even eat honey.
For my SDIL it’s all about control. And she’s very willing to tell you that. Not just her own self-control, but the control of others. She controls what we cook and eat when she here (my wife and I disagree on this issue. I eat what I want, my wife eats the vegan fare.) Her husband is now a vegan though he used to go through a plate of rib or a big rib-eye like a starving dog. She won’t let anything non-vegan in their house, and he’s capitulated. It’s all about her. She is forced to sit on leather furniture while here though. She hates it and has said so.
Signifying nothing, I’ve had a recent experience with veganism.
I experienced daily periods of just being out of it and slept an hour or so. I learned that two medications hindered Vitamin B12 production and absorption. I started looking for B12 supplements and learned there are lots and lots and lots of them. Vegans all suffer from a near total lack of B12 and must take the supplements. So, there is a big market of Vegan directed B 12 supplements.
Second, I have experienced a serum protein deficiency. I have lab results indicating the less than normal value. The problem was thought to be associated with abdominal surgery and resultant inaction for several months. I gave up on my doctor’s attempts to remedy the problem and began a thorough look.
What I discovered was that the daily antiacid medication taken to rid gastric reflux had a very uncommon side effect of lowering serum protein levels. I began to take the drug just weeks before the surgery. I immediately stopped the drug. I looked for protein dietary supplements and guess what. Vegans suffer from protein deficiency and the Walmart protein supplements shelves have tons of products directed specifically toward vegans. Since most protein athlete supplements contain whey, vegans shun them.
So, bottom lone id that veganism is for at least two reasons very unhealthy. Absent the strong efforts of B12 and protein supplement makers, Vegan life is not possible. You just waste away as a vegan
So far, they are not burning each other at the stake. But one may hope.
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Too much like roasting meat .... they won’t do that. /sarc
So I disagree with them I at least understand the thinking of the two groups preceded by the word health. The two groups preceded by the word ethical are just immature and ignorant
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