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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Meat-eating make Men feel Manly
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By Maggie Fox
NBC News
updated 11/21/2012 3:09:00 PM ET
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As red-blooded Americans dig into their Thanksgiving meals this week, it’s safe to say most are eating turkey. It’s also likely there will be some manly activities – watching football, maybe even playing some football.
The two aren’t unrelated, says Hank Rothgerber of Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky. In fact, some research he’s done suggests that eating meat is deeply intertwined with American perceptions of masculinity.
“There is a group of manly men who swear off what they call chick food, and they seek a double whopper to declare their manhood,” Rothgerber told NBCNews.
“It makes them feel like real men,” he writes in a study published in Psychology of Men & Masculinity, a journal of the American Psychological Association.
“Meat consumption is a symbol of patriarchy resulting from its long-held alliance with manhood, power, and virility.”
For more of the news story, click on the link below
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49920136/ns/health/t/why-real-men-eat-meat-it-makes-them-feel-manly/
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