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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