# Those Violent Vegetarians

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264 "2003-12-16T05:14:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264/21 "2003-12-17T00:52:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Blake \*  
> Are they? And if so by whom? Is there any evidence that vegetarians are non-violent or is this just another baseless stereotype like greedy Jews?

You know, it is a stereotype, but it may only be as baseless as nerdy scientists or slick salesmen. Stereotypes would tell us vegetarians tend to be:[ul][li]Hippies[/li][li]Women[/li]Wusses[/ul]These are three mutually independent categories, I think, but they all tend to be seen as less violent as well. But this is not causal. Becoming vegetarian doesn’t make your more likely to be a woman. So I wouldn’t imagine that it’s a case of diet reducing aggression.

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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264/22 "2003-12-17T01:07:23Z")

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> it may only be as baseless as nerdy scientists or slick salesmen.

So totally baseless then.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264/23 "2003-12-17T01:38:49Z")

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Hmm… well, the group FUCT pretty nuts, considering their founder believes that we should only eat consenting adults… and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear of a lot of violence coming from them if they ever become a significant presence…

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264/24 "2003-12-17T02:53:12Z")

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Okay, **Blake** , what if I said “male scientist”? Is that a baseless stereotype?

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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264/25 "2003-12-17T02:55:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Achernar \*  
> **Becoming vegetarian doesn’t make your more likely to be a woman.**

Well, soy does contain [phytoestrogens](http://www.consumerlab.com/results/phytoestrogens2.asp).

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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-violent-vegetarians/219264/26 "2003-12-17T02:56:52Z")

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> Okay, Blake, what if I said “male scientist”? Is that a baseless stereotype?

Of course it is. Unless you can show us a basis for such a generic description if male scientists.

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