Contesting Anthropocentric Masculinities Through Veganism Quotes

“[T]he role of video clips revealing the treatment of nonhuman animals in the animal-industrial complex, typically in intensive farms and slaughterhouses, was significant in the men’s vegan transition. This is consistent with previous research that has also found that such visual material is effective in facilitating the transition to veganism and taking up animal activism, through moral shock (Fernandez, 2021; Middleton, 2015).”
― Kadri Aavik, Contesting Anthropocentric Masculinities Through Veganism: Lived Experiences of Vegan Men

“Lukas’s narrative illustrates the ways in which most men in this study presented themselves, claiming to feel comfortable with standing out and making atypical and unpopular life choices. They also claimed not to be bothered by (the prospect of) having their masculinity questioned. Constructing alternative masculinities was regarded by the research participants as conducive to adopting veganism and used as a justification for why they adopted veganism, as opposed to most other men around them. It was in this context that several men made sense of their veganism—as yet another unconventional choice that they had made in life. Again, their privileged position in the social hierarchy makes it easier for them to pursue such alternative practices.”
― Kadri Aavik, Contesting Anthropocentric Masculinities Through Veganism: Lived Experiences of Vegan Men