Men's Liberation
This community is first and foremost a feminist community for men and masc people, but it is also a place to talk about men’s issues with a particular focus on intersectionality.
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Recommended Reading
- The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity, And Love by bell hooks
- Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements by Michael Messner
Related Communities
!feminism@beehaw.org
!askmen@lemmy.world
!mensmentalhealth@lemmy.world
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Yeah Shure but why limit yourself from stuff that tastes good?
Just limit consumption to reasonable levels, its also a healt thing, but i don't see the need to never eat fish and meat anymore, once a week is ok.
Yea, one thing I feel is that vegans really are letting perfect be the enemy of good. While I do empathise and am eating less meat myself, I feel like screeching on people being omnis is missing the forest for the trees; if most people did like what you mentioned, eating meat once a week, that's 6/7th less animals slaughtered. Along with the reductions in emissions and whatever environmental impact too, of rearing so many animals for their meat.
When I, a man, am eating by myself I include meat sparingly, but when I eat food prepared by the women in my life, meat is front and centre and hard to avoid. I guess that is the threat to masculinity? The "why won't he eat this perfectly good meal I made for him?"
Hm... I mean you can talk to your GF about that, she will probably understand
What is there to talk about? There is nothing wrong with the meals.
Ask her if she can make some more planty meals because you want to take care of your health, thats usually seen favorable
You want me to lie? I'm not necessarily looking for "planty meals". I gravitate in that direction when I cook because that's the kind of food I can make taste good, but that is not necessarily someone else's skillset. There is nothing wrong with the meat dishes put in front of me. They taste good too.
Ah i thought you wanted to eat less meat, if not then there obviously isn't a problem.
You wouldn't have been lying if you wanted that.