Tag Archives: food

Advertising Sins: Food and Masculinity

Posted on March 12, 2012 by ozymandias

(Hat tip to Sociological Images.) I have previously expressed my puzzlement at the bizarre gendering of food. Men like Big Portions, did you know? And meat! Women like teeny portions and gourmet food and vegetables, possibly because they are always … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising sins, femmephobia, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged food, masculinity, sociological images, women are elves | 34 Comments

Why Are Vegetables Unmanly Again?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by ozymandias

LabRat at Atomic Nerds, in a side point in a post about Michelle Obama’s new vegetables-in-the-military policy, says: As a side comment from the “vegetable guy yet” remark, there is also a very weird sort of gender war going on in … Continue reading →

Posted in blog responses, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged atomic nerds, food, healthy food | 71 Comments

Herman Cain on What Makes a Man a Man

Posted on November 17, 2011 by ozymandias

From a GQ puff piece about GOP frontclown and accused sexual harasser Herman Cain: Chris Heath: What can you tell about a man by the type of pizza that he likes? Herman Cain: [repeats the question aloud, then pauses for a long … Continue reading →

Posted in femmephobia, health, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, Uncategorized | Tagged food, Herman Cain, men's health, pizza, vegetables | 14 Comments

Food Trends Men Hate

Posted on October 17, 2011 by ozymandias

Yahoo has tapped into the Great Male Hivemind to find out what food all men everywhere hate. Apparently, you do this by asking a couple of dudes what kind of food they aren’t fond of. Judging by this logic and … Continue reading →