My younger sister spent a couple of years living a vegan lifestyle. She ate no animal products, threw away her suede backpack and refused to sit on my parents leather couch. Her eventual fall from vegan grace was that she couldn't resist the siren song of cheese and finally determined that the ability to eat brie, cheddar and feta so improved her quality of life that she was willing to stop trying to rid her life of all animal products. Her slip sliding approach to the vegan way of life is in direct opposition to these folks, who are so loyal to living a life that does no harm to animals that they are not willing to have sex people who consume meat because "they considered the bodies of carnivores to be made up of animal carcasses." A doctor in Australia, where this trend was first spotted, has taken to calling these folks vegansexuals. Brings new meaning to the old adage, you are what you eat.
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8-06-2007 @11:43AM kevjohn said... I'm no dreamboat myself, but I can't honestly recall ever seeing a vegan that I would actually like to have sex with.
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8-06-2007 @12:17PM Heather said... Echoing kevjohn ... it seems like a hollow threat.
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8-06-2007 @12:44PM Ras Thavas said... If we are what we eat how come Vegans don't sprout leaves?
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8-06-2007 @12:59PM Cliff said... I've got some bad news here. Technically those vegans themselves ARE an animal carcass. The whole opposable thumb thing isn't fooling nature. But don't tell them that. If they knew that they are meat they'll stop masturbating and then who knows how uptight they'll be.
And for the record, I have no problem with vegans, it's obnoxious people I dislike. And Rachel Ray. Wait, that's redundant.
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8-06-2007 @1:16PM Liz Newcomb said... Hey now, I have known some pretty attractive vegans in my day! I've seen some pretty nasty guys drinking beer but I don't label all "beer-drinkers" as ugly.
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8-06-2007 @1:42PM ChuckC said... Agree with Cliff somewhat. If they stop having sex with carnivore and meat carcasses, then maybe they will die out or become endangered species. Science has proven that protein from meat enabled our brains to go bigger and most of us to evolve. If it wasn't for said meat you would probably me dinner for another carnivore. Wonder how a Vegan would taste??? Needs ketchup...
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8-06-2007 @2:09PM Rachel said... Sorry, but vegans are real turn-offs for me.
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8-06-2007 @6:10PM Adriane said... Hey props to you if you are vegan- whatever floats your boat-- I could never be a vegan. But whats with the self-segregation? And if they cant even have sex with someone who comes in CONTACT with animal products does that mean they can't sit down with a friend and eat dinner if they choose to eat a piece of fish or a grilled cheese? Does this mean they can't go into a bakery and order a vegan cookie if there are other nonvegan products available? Whats the line, exactly?
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8-06-2007 @9:52PM wintem01 said... Luckily fruits and vegetables come in so many, um, convenient shapes and sizes.
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8-06-2007 @2:47PM Kostika said... There's alot more to attractiveness than looks. THe whole flatulance issue would be a real turn off for me if the berating me for eating meat didn't turn me off first. Unfortunately I've yet to meet even one vegan who doesn't consider themselves morally superior to the populace of the earth, now that's ugly.
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8-06-2007 @3:50PM beanspants said... That Metafilter thread is disturbing and gross. It's enlightening to know that vegan fluids taste better than meat-eaters though. I guess that guy or girl has sucked 37 &%**s to do a proper taste test.
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8-06-2007 @4:04PM Mike Wallace said... It's not so far removed from people who date within their own political party, religious group, etc. Pah.
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8-06-2007 @4:37PM raina rose said... hey there,
Marisa's younger sister here! While i was vegan, it wasn't just the cheese that brought me back...i remember one time i was weak and i ate a peanut butter cup and then hated myself for a week after. I also had a cold just about the whole time i ate no animal products (you gotta have the right blood type). I would also freak out at the thought of kissing someone who had just eaten meat. But it's not just meat mouth, the lifestyles are truly divergent. SO i guess i can relate to the whole vegansexual thing-but now that i'm older and i know better, i won't let something like eating habits get in the way of how i feel about someone.
any sort of moral superiority is grosser than meat mouth.
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8-06-2007 @6:01PM renae said... I've read comments about this article in a few places now and think it's interesting how many people disparage the vegans who limit their sex lives to only other vegans, but in the same sentence claim they would never be attracted to a vegan. If vegans are a turn-off for you, why is it surprising meat eaters are a turn-off for some vegans?
For the record, not all, nor even most, vegans would identify themselves as "vegansexual". I've been vegan for nearly 10 years and I don't think I've ever even dated another vegetarian. My husband was a meat-eater when we got married. Although I'd feel funny calling myself pretty, I never had a problem getting dates, so I'm going to assume I'm not ugly. I haven't been sick - not even a cold - in years. The ability to stay a healthy vegan has nothing to do with blood types, it has to do with eating a variety of healthy, whole foods. I've long ceased to view veganism as any sort of deprivation, instead it's broadened the very limited (meat-based) food universe I grew up in to the incredibly rich and diverse diet I have now. Obviously veganism isn't essential to a diverse diet, but I've found people often think it's an oxymoron, and it's not.
I haven't posted because I feel I'm morally superior to anyone, in fact, I respect omnivores that have made thoughtful decisions about their diet, even if that includes meat. Rather I wanted to add a perspective from a vegan who is probably more like you than you realize (I love food!), and not a strangely aggressive yet sickly, angry, flatulent, ugly, kooky stereotype.
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8-06-2007 @6:12PM alosha7777 said... "9. Luckily fruits and vegetables come in so many, um, convenient shapes and sizes."
Posted at 2:30PM on Aug 6th 2007 by wintem01
sorry but THAT WAS FREAKIN FUNNY. hahahaha. =P
meat is murder. tasty, tasty murder.
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8-06-2007 @6:46PM CupcakeMagee said... Speaking as a Vegan (been one for ten years, never intend to stop, and no, I don't make a habit of proselytizing) I think it's kinda silly that someone felt compelled to come up with a fancy new term for people like myself who think that meat eaters (like smokers) taste bad and smell worse.
I've been with my Vegan boyfriend for quite a few years now and while I can't even begin to imagine being with someone who's recently chewed on animal parts before we kissed (*gag*) I also can't imagine ever actually being so ridiculous as to call myself a "vegansexual" to anyone in any context, ever. The term is at best superfluous, and at worse easily mockable. Wouldn't it just be easier for people to simply think to themselves "Hmmm, meat eaters repulse me, so heretofore I shall only make sweet love to another Vegan" and leave it at that?
After all, I'd say that there's enough polarization out there already. Did we really need yet another term that groups us into "us vs. them" categories? Does anyone really need yet another spiffy title for their sexual preferences? Did we really need more fodder for "Hey ma, look at the funny people who only eat the vegetables" article? I'd say no.
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8-06-2007 @7:04PM Christina said... I know that there are many vegans who feel like this, just as there are many Republicans who only date other Republicans, or Catholics who would only date other Catholics, but honestly, now as a 7-year vegan, it seems silly.
Sure, when I was a teenager the thought of kissing someone who had just eaten a burger was icky, but back then I thought that everyone should be a vegan, because obviously only vegans were compassionate and humane and high minded and of course those would be the only kind of people I'd want to date. While I never spoke these judgements aloud, I did feel that way. Now I realize just how limiting that was. I blame my old ideas on youthful idealism, naivete and inexperience.
My only serious relationships have been with omnivores, and although one was disastrous, the current one is great. I'm the main cook in our house, and my live-in boyfriend and our housemate both love being my guinea pigs (I'm constantly recipe creating and testing). And actually, what better way to spread the veggie message than by showing those you love to see how easy, tasty, and fun being a vegetarian can be when you cook for them?
Oh, and Raina Rose? The Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type thing is (at least for 4/4 people I know who tried it) total bunk. I'm an O, which is supposed to need meat. I know many other Os who are vegetarian or vegan, as well as a woman who gained her health back by eating foods that were classified as "toxic" for her blood type.
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8-07-2007 @11:29AM MJ said... LOL,,,,,,,,,I eat meat and veggies you eat veggies. Let us all get along in the land of plenty
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8-09-2007 @7:58AM lafeckken said... I imagine a salad bar of sexuality, minus the bacon bits and ham chunks for the vegansexuals.
Sneeze shields are sexy!
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8-12-2007 @9:43PM s said... Pamela Anderson is vegan but she will have sex with anything...
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