Why does our culture act so stubborn and ignorant to the vegetarian practices? And is that crippling to our society /culture?
I think our culture has a hard time with change, any culture for that matter.
Definition of culture (taken from Webster):
The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also: the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time; the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations.
Culture, as Isa mentioned, is a social norm. People “go with the crowd” as all of us know from high school. We don’t like to be the ones in the spot light. Being a Vegetarian goes against the norm and I think that is why so many people are stubborn and ignorant about the subject. They don’t want to learn more about what exactly it means to be a vegetarian because that would be like talking to the chess club as a cheerleader. And quite possibly the only reason some people do not become vegetarians is because of social pressures from family and friends, even if they would like too. Our culture has passed down the mindset that eating meat is just what we do as humans and it is good for us. It took numerous generations for all of the minority groups to be given recognition and I think it is going to be the same for vegetarians. Just in the short time I have been on earth I’ve seen progress, more and more places are offering vegetarian choices. It will take time but we will get there.
Do you think some people who might want to become vegetarians decide not to because of disapproval from family members? Does anyone have any personal experience with this?
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