The number of vegans in Great Britain has certainly risen in recent years — in fact, the Vegan Society’s most recent findings show that the number quadrupled between 2014 and 2018, from 150,000 to 600,000. However, the survey also found that of this number, 63 per cent who identified as vegan were female, compared to only 37 per cent who were male. Many believe that there is a gender stereotype associated with men, masculinity and meat, and that in order to be a ‘real man’, you must consume meat and dairy products, and not show the compassion that is associated with a plant-based life. “The consumption of meat is so clearly aligned with heterosexual masculinity as to be, at this point, inseparable from it,” says Professor Laura Wright, author of The Vegan Studies Project. In modern society, ‘lad culture’ — described as groups of men acting ‘hyper-masculine’ and avoiding other gendered ways of living and behaving, in order to fit to a pre-conceived view of what a man ‘should’ be — is a prime example of this. We wanted to find out if this is actually happening in society. Do male vegans receive more aggravation and pressure from their non-vegan male peers? Do women find it easier to live a vegan lifestyle? Are more men put off from veganism, because of what their male friends might think? You got back to us with your opinions.
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