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My initial inspiration in becoming a vegetarian was simple: eating animals is not essential to living a healthy life and I would prefer to avoid engaging in a discordant relationship with nonhuman animals and the natural world. Theretofore, I had been an eager, indiscriminate consumer of nonhuman animals, often outfitted in leather footwear and annually swathed in my winter wool. Thenceforth, family anticipated and dreaded my finicky dietary demands and envisaged the emaciated shell of a once healthy son toiling over paltry tasks. Friends taunted me with kabobs and sushi. Others kept a close eye on my behavior lest I step on a bug or unwittingly ingest carnal victuals. While I was largely unperturbed by such petty adversity, I was†¦show more content†¦She suggests that this set of basic beliefs is buttressed by hegemonic masculinity in practice and has traditionally provided western societies justification for marginalizing both women and the nonhuman natural world. Mo reover, Warren’s claims are substantiated by both Carol Cohn’s explication of gender discourses’ permeation of other, seemingly disjunctive cultural discourses and Carol J. Adams’ analysis of the cultural connotations attached the meat/vegetable dichotomy, as well as her elucidation of the structure of the absent referent embedded in an oppressive, patriarchal, conceptual framework. Furthermore, Adams offers an anthropological account of the consumption of animals to suggest that meat’s role as a symbol of male dominance is in part the result of a transposition from the male role as hunter and distributor of meat to the male role of meat-eater thereby implicating meat consumption in the development and maintenance of patriarchal societies. Finally, in â€Å"Metrosexuality can Stuff it: Beef Consumption as (Heteromasculine) Fortification,† C. Wesley Buerkle argues that performing traditional masculinity is contingent on avoiding the feminin e stigma associated with abstention from consuming animals. In agreement with both Warren and Adams, Buerkle claims that by consuming meat men seize on a presumably stable component of masculinity thereby perpetuating and engaging in a cultural performance of sexual dominationShow MoreRelatedEssay on German Cuisine and Oktoberfest1508 Words   |  7 PagesRunning Head: OKTOBERFEST: FESTIVAL OF FUN Oktoberfest: Festival of Fun Nikita Melnikov Northwestern Oklahoma State University ENG1213 Oktoberfest: Festival of Fun Before winter wraps a white blanket on the lands, a final celebration is in session for October all over the world. This is the time to eat, drink, and be merry: Oktoberfest. The tradition began in 1810 to celebrate the marriage of Bavarian Crown PrinceRead MoreConcept of Modern Marketing6559 Words   |  27 Pagestheir orientation to reflect the customer’s viewpoint. Using the first two companies as examples, provide a marketing orientation for the other four companies. PRODUCTION ORIENTATION MARKETING ORIENTATION Disney We produce movies and run theme parks. We provide fantasies and entertainment. Prudential We sell insurance. We provide financial security. American Airlines We run an airline. IBM We make computers. Sprint We sell telecommunications services. Amazon.com We sell books and otherRead MoreFrench Terms for Ib Sl French B8316 Words   |  34 Pagesmoving to move house removal man to live departure to go past / exceed / overtake to hurry to move diversion to overtake / dub petrol narrow to fill up (petrol) to hit / knock brake / to brake garage / garage owner (railway) station bus station to park wide line to set off GCSE French General Vocabulary List  © OCR 2009 Topic Area 1 Home and local area moteur moto(cyclette) / motocycliste (tomber en) panne panneau parking (souterrain), parking à   à ©tages partir partout passage à   niveau passager passantRead MoreSubway Restaurants Essays21330 Words   |  86 PagesTodorovic Research Report – Taking the Subway There is McDonalds PlayPlace (indoors) and â€Å"Playland† (outdoors) – a playground to keep the children amused whilst waiting for the food to be cooked or for mum and dad to finish theirs. The ‘kiddy’ fun is further complemented with the ever popular happy meals that come with a favourite meal and a great toy. For health conscious people, they can now enjoy the nine new Heart Foundation Tick approved meals, adding to their existing healthy salads