Good points, Aria.
So, I agree with you in that it's all about cultural conditioning,
and not really a gender issue. However, on second thoughts, I am not sure
if you can talk simply about cultural conditioning here. When you use the
word "conditioning", it seems you have something less than desirable in
your mind, like brainwashing. Actually, all cultures on the earth rely on
some degree of conditioning, for survival. It may be silly, unjustifiable,
absurd, but conditioning is unavoidable. Well, maybe I'm trying to gild
the pill, but I'd rather call conditioning traditions, because then it
sounds a lot better. And I feel relieved.
Then I'd say: we normally don't eat raw meat, because it is no longer a
tradition. Tradition actually comes from "trahere", which is the Latin
word for "to drag, to bring something from somewhere".
At the same time, you know, every tradition admits certain raw animal
foods, except maybe the Jewish tradition, which leans towards
vegetarianism. I don't know what they think about raw milk, milk not being
paleo anyway.
Raw for me is not necessarily gross, but of course I wouldn't be able to
kill an animal (a large one, I mean) with my own hands and then
immediately afterwards gnaw at its flesh. That is what gross means to me.
In my opinion, most raw animal food demands a certain preparation, even if
it is not cooking, of course.
Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you're the bravest one in your household in
terms of eating the raw stuff.
Cheers,
JC
PS. As some other lady on the list said, junk food can also be very gross.
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:21:59 -0500, Aria Nadii <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I am a woman and a wife (although not a Capricorn) and I am the one who
>prefers the raw animal foods in our house. I don't eat all raw, just
>partially.
>I like my meat rare (sometimes raw) and I use raw egg as a condiment.
>
>I really don't think it's a gender issue. It's probably more about
cultural
>conditioning. Most people are unaccustomed to raw animal foods and
>grew up thinking of them as unsafe and/or gross. ;)
>
> Aria
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