Never seen a lover or friend of men eat meat with gusto? Consciously or not, the possibility of it being their attempts to look more masculine in the presence of women.It is not sheer conjecture, but it has been scientifically proven. Research shows, most of the men are sure to eat steak, burgers, or preparations of red meat will make them look more manly than men are vegetarian.
Professor Hank Rothgerber from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, the United States explains that eating meat is often associated with a symbol of virility and power. The statement that based on research that Hank has been published in the journal ' Men and Masculinity '.
"There was a group of men who believe strongly with food called chick food (food attractant to women), and they eat two servings a burger to declare their masculinity," said Hank, as quoted Times of India from NBC news.
He added, consumption of meat was a symbol of patriarchal doctrine focuses on power is in the hands of men. Be it in the family and social life.
While for the men who become the respondents in the research of Hank, the majority replied, ' the flesh is too good to not be eaten '. The study surveyed 125 students majoring in psychology, aged between 18 to early 20s.
Of such research also revealed, men express a more pleasant behaviors with eating meat. They generally assume that in a hierarchy, the lower animals than humans and believe it has become their destiny to eat meat.
Although admitting that he did research still on a small scale, but Hank sure there the link between meat and virility. According to him, there is a kind of pressure for men to prove his masculinity was transferred by eating more meat.
This assumption is reinforced by the results of other studies that show a connection between man and red meat. Previously, researchers from the University of British Columbia revealed that male vegetarians look less macho men compared to meat eaters. Even in the eyes of women who don't like meat.
Last year, a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University shows the research results are more or less the same. The meat consumers tend to associate masculinity, strength and macho with a meat-based food.
