food thing*
Nov. 15th, 2006 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emchyI was talking with pantryslut last night about the food blog
and how - it isn't a diet and it isn't a gender thing and yet
i am only seeing female identified people taking part
interesting
most of the guys i know work to not fall into gender stereotypes and such
but is there something about the food logging that seems especially gendered?
a way of being vulnerable around food, around how women are more used to watching their food, having other people watch their food and the knowledge of how it's socially accepted to judge and watch the food that women eat. is there something scary about logging what you eat and exposing it for a male person who wouldn't be used to it? i mean i know men do watch what they eat and judge it and have body image issues etc etc. but the fact that there are so many women on my flist doing it and no men - it does make me pause and wonder.
so maybe instead of theorizing i just ask - hey guys - why aren't any of you jumping on the bandwagon?
* i want to say there are women on my flist not doing it as well. i know this. i don't think people should or shouldn't do the project, this issue just struck me in conversation and i wanted to open it up for you smart people to talk / think about
and how - it isn't a diet and it isn't a gender thing and yet
i am only seeing female identified people taking part
interesting
most of the guys i know work to not fall into gender stereotypes and such
but is there something about the food logging that seems especially gendered?
a way of being vulnerable around food, around how women are more used to watching their food, having other people watch their food and the knowledge of how it's socially accepted to judge and watch the food that women eat. is there something scary about logging what you eat and exposing it for a male person who wouldn't be used to it? i mean i know men do watch what they eat and judge it and have body image issues etc etc. but the fact that there are so many women on my flist doing it and no men - it does make me pause and wonder.
so maybe instead of theorizing i just ask - hey guys - why aren't any of you jumping on the bandwagon?
* i want to say there are women on my flist not doing it as well. i know this. i don't think people should or shouldn't do the project, this issue just struck me in conversation and i wanted to open it up for you smart people to talk / think about
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Date: 2006-11-15 08:53 pm (UTC)the straight bio men - as a group that tends to bring up peeps like my brother... and that is a whole different ball of wax