Where’s the Beef? How Masculinity Exacerbates Gender Disparities in Health Behaviors

Nakagawa, Sandra; Hart, Chloe Grace

doi:10.1177/2378023119831801

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“…However, we also found that being married was associated with higher likelihood of eating red meat almost every or every day. Couples' eating patterns are generally shared (Pachucki et al, 2011) and traditional gender roles around preparing and sharing meals may encourage married men and women to consume more meat (Nakagawa & Hart, 2019). Efforts to eat more healthfully may also be limited by a spouse's commitment to change.…”

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confidence: 99%

Informal and Formal Social Integration Shape Eating and Drinking of Older Black and White Americans

Hauschildt

Burgard

2019

J Aging Health

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Objective: Health behaviors are seen as one possible pathway linking race to health outcomes. Social integration has also been consistently linked to important health outcomes but has not been examined as a mechanism accounting for racial differences in health behaviors among older U.S. adults. Method: We use data from the American’s Changing Lives (ACL) Study to explore racial differences in measures of social integration and whether they help account for racial differences in several dietary behaviors and alcohol use. Results: We find differences by race and social integration measures in dietary behaviors and alcohol use. Net of socioeconomic status, health status, and reported discrimination, variation in social integration helps to account for racial differences in some health behaviors. Discussion: Our results highlight the nuanced role of social integration in understanding group differences in health behaviors. Interventions should consider such complexities when including aspects of social integration in their design.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Informal and Formal Social Integration Shape Eating and Drinking of Older Black and White Americans

Hauschildt

Burgard

2019

J Aging Health

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“…Supporting the extension of masculinity threat research to SC, men are less motivated to engage in SC when their masculinity is threatened, and more likely to engage when their masculinity is affirmed (Brough, Wilkie, Ma, Isaac, & Gal, ). For instance, men who experience masculinity threat are less likely to buy “green” products (Brough et al., ) and to favor meat‐eating (Nakagawa & Hart, ), which is culturally equated with masculinity (Greenebaum & Dexter, ). One explanation for these preferences may be that men anticipate greater discomfort when engaging in “feminine” pro‐environmental behaviors compared to women engaging in “masculine” behaviors (Johnson et al., ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to counter this feminine stigmatization, Rome argues that men purposefully chose to use science and economic terms to promote environmentalism during this time period, which continues to influence gender differences in SC solutions (as discussed later). Thus, it is possible that a legacy of concerns about the social consequences of gender role violations could affect the motivations and interests of women and men to engage in specific types of SC (Brough et al., ; Nakagawa & Hart, ; Swim, Vescio, Dahl, & Zawadzki, ).…”

Section: Gendered Differences In Sc Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability and Consumption: What's Gender Got to Do with It?

Bloodhart

Swim

2020

Journal of Social Issues

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Gender plays an important role in considerations of sustainable consumption. Not only are there gender differences in the amount and type of sustainable consumption among women and men, but gender stereotypes and norms shape the way women and men think about the topic, respond to its necessity, and choose to act. Further, differences are embedded in larger lifestyle practices and intersect with other social identities, which can alter the occurrence or manifestations of gender differences in environmentally relevant actions. Finally, efforts to make consumption more sustainable are both influenced by and influence people differently based on gender as well as other marginalized group statuses. We highlight major psychological and social science research on the gendered aspects of sustainable consumption. Our goal is to illuminate social influences on gender differences in behaviors, motivations, and solutions and to emphasize the need for future policies and practices related to sustainable consumption to address and improve issues of gender equality.

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“…Researchers have suggested that it is timely and necessary to increase young adults' awareness about the environmental impact of meat consumption (Graham and Abrahamse, 2017). Whereas meat can be part of a healthy and sustainable diet (Willett et al, 2019), research indicates that an overconsumption of meat is detrimental for our environment (Walker et al, 2019) and our health (Nakagawa and Hart, 2019).…”

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Ninety Minutes to Reduce One's Intention to Eat Meat: A Preliminary Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Watching the Cowspiracy Documentary on Intention to Reduce Meat Consumption

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Whereas, past research has shown that using environmental arguments to reduce meat intake are unsuccessful in awareness campaigns, popular documentaries might have the potential to successfully change the public awareness of the environmental implications of meat consumption today. This preliminary study aimed to provide first empirical evidence of the potential effects of watching a popular documentary on a less-known environmental topic among a population that are habitual performers of the behavior under discussion. More precisely, the effects of watching "Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret" on the awareness of the environmental implications of meat consumption, the attitude toward eating less meat, and the intention to eat less meat in young adults who consume meat on an (almost) daily basis was studied. The potential impact of Cowspiracy was investigated from the Integrated Change Model perspective. Paper-and-pencil questionnaires were administered to N = 47 participants aged between 19 and 32 before and after watching either Cowspiracy (experimental group, n = 26) or Planet Earth (control group, n = 21). Controlling for the influence of predisposing factors (sociodemographic characteristics gender, age, and socioeconomic status), the results show that watching a popular documentary about the environmental impact of meat production (Cowspiracy) can have a significant effect on the awareness of the environmental consequences of meat consumption, the attitude toward eating less meat, and the intention to reduce meat consumption of young (almost) daily meat eaters. However, results should be interpreted with caution, given the preliminary nature of our study.

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Where’s the Beef? How Masculinity Exacerbates Gender Disparities in Health Behaviors

Cited by 64 publications

References 39 publications

Informal and Formal Social Integration Shape Eating and Drinking of Older Black and White Americans

Informal and Formal Social Integration Shape Eating and Drinking of Older Black and White Americans

Sustainability and Consumption: What's Gender Got to Do with It?

Ninety Minutes to Reduce One's Intention to Eat Meat: A Preliminary Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Watching the Cowspiracy Documentary on Intention to Reduce Meat Consumption

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