Since they were associated (in a way) with meat-eating, it can be deduced that meat-eating was an activity expected of men to exhibit their machismo. In fact, according to Adams, it was traditionally believed that men need meat for strength and that was falsely believed to be achieved by eating the muscles of strong animals (p.33). No matter how much evidence was found to contradict that belief, it was firmly ingrained in the minds of men. For example, the experiment performed by Irving Fisher which compared meat-eating athletes to vegetarian athletes and sedentary vegetarians. It was found that meat-eaters strength could not compare to that of not only athlete vegetarians but also sedentary vegetarians
Since they were associated (in a way) with meat-eating, it can be deduced that meat-eating was an activity expected of men to exhibit their machismo. In fact, according to Adams, it was traditionally believed that men need meat for strength and that was falsely believed to be achieved by eating the muscles of strong animals (p.33). No matter how much evidence was found to contradict that belief, it was firmly ingrained in the minds of men. For example, the experiment performed by Irving Fisher which compared meat-eating athletes to vegetarian athletes and sedentary vegetarians. It was found that meat-eaters strength could not compare to that of not only athlete vegetarians but also sedentary vegetarians