Most people both eat animals and care about animals. Research has begun
to examine the psychological processes that allow people to negotiate
this “meat paradox.” To understand the psychology of eating animals, we
examine characteristics of the eaters (people), the eaten (animals), and
the eating (the behavior). People who value masculinity, enjoy meat and
do not see it as a moral issue, and find dominance and inequality
acceptable are most likely to consume animals. Perceiving …
