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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1577" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-steak-became-manly-and-salads-became-feminine-124147" target="_blank">How steak became manly and salads became feminine - The Conversation</a>When was it decided that <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/food-gender-marketers-yogurt-women-chicken-men/405703/" target="_blank">women prefer some types of food</a> – yogurt with fruit, salads and white wine – while men are supposed to gravitate to chili, steak and bacon?In my new book, “<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43726541-american-cuisine" target="_blank">American Cuisine: And How It Got This Way</a>,” I show how the idea that women don’t want red meat and prefer salads and sweets didn’t just spring up spontaneously.Beginning in the late 19th century, a steady stream of dietary advice, corporate advertising and magazine articles created a division between male and female tastes that, for more than a century, has shaped everything from dinner plans to menu designs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1577, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/how-steak-became-manly-and-salads-became-feminine-124147'][B]How steak became manly and salads became feminine - The Conversation[/B][/URL] When was it decided that [URL='https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/food-gender-marketers-yogurt-women-chicken-men/405703/']women prefer some types of food[/URL] – yogurt with fruit, salads and white wine – while men are supposed to gravitate to chili, steak and bacon? In my new book, “[URL='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43726541-american-cuisine']American Cuisine: And How It Got This Way[/URL],” I show how the idea that women don’t want red meat and prefer salads and sweets didn’t just spring up spontaneously. Beginning in the late 19th century, a steady stream of dietary advice, corporate advertising and magazine articles created a division between male and female tastes that, for more than a century, has shaped everything from dinner plans to menu designs. [/QUOTE]

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