you mean if i am to be dictator, i need to enlsit and gull the meateaters? %%@#$%$#^!

[Guest guest]

Values and beliefs of vegetarians and omnivores.

 

Allen MW, Wilson M, Ng SH, Dunne M.

 

Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Australia.

michael_allen

 

Following the claim by some anthropologists and sociologists that 1 symbolic

meaning of meat is a preference for hierarchical domination (C. J. Adams, 1990;

N. Fiddes, 1989; D. D. Heisley, 1990; J. Twigg, 1983), the authors compared the

values and beliefs of vegetarians and omnivores in 2 studies conducted in New

Zealand. They compared the full range of vegetarians and omnivores on right-wing

authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, human values, and consumption

values. The participants tending toward omnivorism differed from those leaning

toward veganism and vegetarianism in 2 principal ways: The omnivores (a) were

more likely to endorse hierarchical domination and (b) placed less importance on

emotional states. Accordingly, the acceptance or rejection of meat co-varied

with the acceptance or rejection of the values associated with meat; that

finding suggests that individuals consume meat and embrace its symbolism in ways

consistent with their self-definitions.

 

PMID: 10981371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Guest guest]

Hi Fraggle - that makes sense - and it's probably something we all knew, if

we had thought about it.

 

Jo

 

> Values and beliefs of vegetarians and omnivores.

>

> Allen MW, Wilson M, Ng SH, Dunne M.

 

 

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