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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It was a hidden gem I stumbled across, as I was looking for other material.
I hope you can enjoy it, as I have.
You mean like the Irish and the Brits?
Who can be surprised? They’re all crazy.
They forgot to include the Breatharians.
I saw the first word in the headline, just assumed the article had something to do with the Vice President.
Never mind.
It’s a perfect lifestyle for libs: yet another opportunity to be smug and self-righteous
They need to learn to eat bugs.
You can’t be too woke.
Liberalism is a gnostic belief system.
Everything that falls under liberalism is modern day Gnosticism.
Uh, you’re BAD.
Correct, but still BAD.
Horizontal hostility.... I was going in a whole other direction.
Different levels of the cult always virtue grandstand more and more.
“…Rothgerber [6], for example, found this distinction helpful in explaining how vegetarian pet owners handled the psychological consequences of living with meat-eating pets…”
There's plenty there to enjoy.
This is how I would have lampooned these groups. I would hope I could have pulled this off.
Reminds me of this:
Q: How do you know if a woman is a vegetarian?
A: Don’t worry, she’ll tell you.
Most excellent, virtue imposters all.
I’m better than you because you’re doing it wrong.
“Suggestive of their radicalism, vegans indicated that their diet is more of a lifestyle than a diet [8], and for some, these convictions run so strong they refuse sexual intimacy with non-vegans [17].”
Interesting that a vegan would think that owning a slave (their pet) would be okay. They won’t wear leather or eat meat, but keeping a dog caged up in a yard or their house is okay.
I guess oral sex is out for vegans as well.
Wut
Isn’t that how most communists think?
What’s the difference between horizontal hostility, and just your everyday, run of the mill, garden variety hostility?
LOL. Funny but true. I think it's very interesting how leftists are complete hedonists. They sweat bullets over the perfect latte, designer phones, "earth shoes", skinny jeans, etc. Completely self-absorbed.
But they are more than willing to dictate the pleasures which other people are allowed to enjoy. I've noticed a huge increase in anti-vaping advertisements. Why? Vaping is about as harmful as the liberal's latte. I don't vape, but I don't care if other's do. Liberals can't sleep at night if they think someone, somewhere is having fun.
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