'Anti-Vegetarianism Is Sexism in Disguise'
Vegetarian” is not synonymous with “holier-than-thou”; in my experience, the opposite is true: It’s meat-eaters who are more likely to do the condemning. And then to accuse vegetarians of condemning them. It’s classic deflection, textbook self-victimizing, a transparent disguise for selfishness. It’s what many of Trump’s supporters do to Trump’s detractors. Instead of owning that their politics are self-serving, they attack those who suggest that their politics are self-serving. And consider the feminized insults they sling: if we disagree with Donald Trump’s tax plan, with his unwillingness to fight climate change, with his refusal to denounce neo-Nazis, we’re “special snowflakes,” we’re “triggered,” we’re “irrational libs.” They don’t say, I want my taxes lowered, even at the expense of those less fortunate.
In America, according to a study cited by the Huffington Post, 59 percent of vegetarians and 79 percent of vegans are women. No wonder so many seem so concerned about what we’re eating or not eating—people have always enjoyed chiming in about what women should do with their bodies. And with Trump’s ascent, those voices have gained steam: In today’s America, you can brag about grabbing an unsuspecting woman’s vagina and become president. The most anti-abortion-rights politician in the country can rise to the vice-presidency. Woody Allen can voice sympathy for Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby can do “town halls” to teach young men how to shield themselves from rape accusations, and Matt Damon can tell us we’re overreacting about men patting our butts at work. Harmless as it seems in comparison to rape apology, anti-vegetarianism is also sexism in disguise. Not even a convincing disguise. It’s sexism in a man bun.
"Our culture feminizes compassion. It also masculinizes meat-eating. So we’re easy targets."
There are many tools to choose from if you want to threaten those who are different from you, whose ways you might not understand—whether they’re women, members of the LGBT community, immigrants, people of color, or people who simply don’t eat the way you do. You can tease them. You can call them cunts. You can work to undermine their rights. You can shame them into silence. You can disguise your aggression as concern, the way this article questions the safety of vegetarian pregnancy, or the way this article ties vegetarianism to mental illness; the latter article’s subtext is this: “Vegetarians are crazy.”
Or women are.
To deny that veg-shaming is vag-shaming, to deny that meat-splaining is man-splaining, reeks of the “it’s not that she’s a woman, it’s that she’s careless with her emails” argument. Case in point: Under the Huffington Post article about the male/female vegetarian ratio, a male commenter wrote, “Because women are emotionally irrational.” Another wrote, “So glad I was born a man. Enjoy your beans and salads, ladies.” And a third man chimed in with the most well-crafted and honest response: “Vegetarians scare me.”
What’s scary, really, is the idea in the ether that compassion is effeminate and thereby un-American. “Socialist.” “Stupid.” “Snow flake-y.” That destroying the environment is man’s God-given right. That black lives should remain inferior to white lives. That refugees are terrorists. That immigrants are criminals. That sick people are scourges. That women have victim complexes and their concern for their safety and rights are invalid. That steak is patriotic.
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a14539150/anti-vegetarianism-sexism/
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when it comes to defending one's food eating preferences... I often find meat eaters aggressive, VERY defensive and use projection when describing us vegetarians... even here on DU
food is very emotional and personal... it seems 
There’s always someone looking to be a victim.
Somewhat related: this great exchange with an extremely friendly, open-minded, tolerant vegan...
Tell yourself whatever you need to. ¯_(ツ _/¯
anyone else eats, either.
Bon Appetite!
First world problems for sure. 
I also love beef, pork/bacon, chicken, lamb, and fish!
It’s wrong to eat a horse, even more wrong to eat a dog, but a pig - arguably more intelligent than either of those - is (as a poster in this thread states) “bacon wrapped in a football.” 
That appears to be better then the empty five gallon plastic with a pop can smeared with peanut butter on a metal coat hanger that I use.
Most people put water in the bucket to drown the mice. I leave it empty but the mouse can't crawl out and I take it way out into the woods to release it or them.
"It’s meat-eaters who are more likely to do the condemning. And then to accuse vegetarians of condemning them"
And to illustrate how it's never vegetarians doing the attacking, the author wrote an entire article doing jut that.
