When people talk about culture we can always associate with language, arts, and religion. People in different countries have different cultures which result in they have different values and beliefs, but do you know what food that we choose to eat every day is also influenced by culture? In the article “Men Eat Meat, Women Eat Chocolate: How Food Gets Gendered” by Riddhi Shah, she talks about a phenomenon that men and women have different tastes preference in different countries because of people are influenced by different cultures. In the article, Shah mentioned that in America women more prefer sweet food like fruit, yogurt, and chocolate; in contrast men are more like to eat meat, bitter or salty food. Although there are also some
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For example, in the article “Culture Influences How and What People Eat” by Crystal Cranmore, she mentioned “Okoro said that in some cultures like in some parts of Africa , meat is considered a luxury and if you are a “woman with meat on her bones,” then you come from a wealthy family. Therefore in some parts of Africa, women more like to eat meat and high calorie food to gain more weight to show that they are from a rich family. In addition, women in black South Africa who is too skinny may get into trouble because in these era if people are too thin others will think they have HIV. However in America, the situation is totally different with black South Africa. People who are too heavy in America will consider them as poor people. Just like what Shah said in the article “American women, and specifically rich American women, tend to be very weight conscious” (193). In America, the prices of food with lower calories are tending to be more expensive than the normal food. In addition, the packaging of products like yogurt, ice-cream, and snacks are being labeled fat free or low calories on the front side in special callouts to attract women to buy their products. Here we can see that in black South Africa’s culture people like to eat meet and high calorie food to gain weight no matter women or men, but in the U.S.’s culture only men like to eat meat and high calorie but women do
For example, in the article “Culture Influences How and What People Eat” by Crystal Cranmore, she mentioned “Okoro said that in some cultures like in some parts of Africa , meat is considered a luxury and if you are a “woman with meat on her bones,” then you come from a wealthy family. Therefore in some parts of Africa, women more like to eat meat and high calorie food to gain more weight to show that they are from a rich family. In addition, women in black South Africa who is too skinny may get into trouble because in these era if people are too thin others will think they have HIV. However in America, the situation is totally different with black South Africa. People who are too heavy in America will consider them as poor people. Just like what Shah said in the article “American women, and specifically rich American women, tend to be very weight conscious” (193). In America, the prices of food with lower calories are tending to be more expensive than the normal food. In addition, the packaging of products like yogurt, ice-cream, and snacks are being labeled fat free or low calories on the front side in special callouts to attract women to buy their products. Here we can see that in black South Africa’s culture people like to eat meet and high calorie food to gain weight no matter women or men, but in the U.S.’s culture only men like to eat meat and high calorie but women do