This feels wrong. The question seems baited.
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it's from a discussion at work that spawned from "do men like veggies" and I noticed that the gay guys answered more favorably to vegetables, so I'm curious if it's just a coincidence lol
This entire question says WAY more about your own sexuality and prejudices than it does your supposed target audience.
I think OP is seeing the wrong correlation in a very not-all-rectangles-are-square sort-of-way. The correct attribution being the type of people who engage with the culture war (with some ties to masculinity or status).
My parents eat way too much meat (even though they often get tired of it, especially when it's primarily cooked meat) and are the type of people who would say with a straight face that a side of edamame (soybeans) is basically HRT. They do eat vegetables but it's still very meat-and-potato centric, less vegetable if I wasn't always pushing for it (including proving to them that roasted carrots are good).
Fully agree. I also come from a similar background, with the added irony that we were in agriculture country where they all grew soybeans while saying that stuff with a straight face
Yeah, it did cross my mind that guys who are already outside the stereotypical masculine identity are more likely to engage in other behaviors that defy the stereotypes. I had a pretty small sample size at work, so I was curious curious how much of a coincidence it was
im bisexual and im middling to positive on veggies, and so is the other bi person in the work chat who responded lol. most of my friends are queer in some way, and it did trend towards the heterosexual/hetero flexible friends disliking vegetables more. the funniest correlation here is that both of my pansexual friends have major food allergies lol
Yep, it's what I thought.
Well there is a cultural thread out there that meat eating is masculine and vegetables are not, which certain macho types subscribe to, and even some not exactly macho types have been influenced by during their upbringing. So I would certainly expect a correlation, and have observed one. You don't need to subscribe to this thread to understand it exists. It would be interesting to see data. I'd like to think we would see a trend of it weakening across the generations.
that was my thought too! I know there will never be a study done on this, but I would also like data (god I love data)
Isn't that just lots of questions on ask?
This one seems to stand out though.
Yeah. At least it's not a 2 day old account pretending to be a 17 year old.
Are you implying that 17 is younger or older than their actual age, and is that supposed to be favourable or not?
I could be wrong, but I think they were referring to engagement farmers.
This.
I understand that much, I'm just not sure exactly what the 17 year old part is meant to mean.
I like long girthy vegetables with some bumps on them.
Does that answer both questions?
That is a rather odd combination of questions...
Vegetables are great like anything if done well.
I'm a hetero, but even with quite the "sex drive" my sexuality could also be described as non-existent lol
Yes and yes
Yes and hetero.
Really not sure what kind of detailed answers you expect.
some people like only some vegetables lol
yes and somewhat fluid
Yes.
Not vegetables related.
No, I'm straight.
I like steamed broccoli, spinach or chard on a pastrami sandwich, I sauté vegetable medleys (some mix of: carrots, squash, onions, peppers spicy or not green, celery, mushrooms etc) in butter. I like cabbage in meals (such as egg rolls) though don't cook with it often.
The second half, I don't leave the house and nothing social available when I do
I wear baggy cargo shorts when cycling.
Yes and purple tentacle monster.
I have no data for this, so i'm just speculating wildly (and accepting this will be a unpopular conjecture):
Lemmas - Things I have data for
- Metabolic dysfunction is endemic in the population (96% westerners)
- Metabolic dysfunction impacts hormones, especially sex hormones
- Aromatase happens at elevated levels in metabolically compromised people
- This can manifest as man-boobs, love-handles, chin hair, etc
- Metabolic dysfunction is principally caused by diet.
Speculation - Things I have no data for
- There is probably some connection between sexuality and hormones
- There is probably some connection between sexuality and life-long diets
This means there might be a interesting correlation you could discover. However, I don't think anyone would fund this type of research, or publish it - it would cause controversy needlessly.
Seeing a population prefer vegetables doesn't speak to cause and effect, it could be a cultural appreciation for being healthy and vegetables are mostly seen as healthy by most groups.
Oh yeah, I know this will never be an official study lol. And I don't think being gay = liking vegetables, I just like data and wanna see if there's any actual correlation or if it's just a coincidence that the three gay guys at my job just coincidentally appreciate more food
I'm a completely straight man. I like vegetables. But I don't like mint chocolate.