A male that is veg in my book is AMAZING!! Very masculine! The guys that make fun of you are prolly just trying to make up for what they are lacking in .. if you get my drift

Speaking theoretically, I consider a vegan guy to be much more masculine than an omnivore. (All the guys I know put me down for being vegan, it’s not much appreciated.) Just keep being vegetarian, and don’t rise to their jokes, eventually they’ll give up. Good luck.

I have come to realize that people put down vegetarianism/veganism because they want to give themselves and others an excuse of why they don’t have the will power to give up meat like you did. I am a female vegetarian and one of my male friends once said that Paul McCartney didn’t have the nerve to kill a fish and I said no he was man enough to save its life. I believe real men will care more about animals than being selfish. If people continue to bother you just tell them that you’re confident enough in your masculinity to give up meat regardless of what they think. Congratulations on becoming veg btw!

The majority of the planet is in the wrong.
The people who say these things are people from that majority.
Just keep working to inform/enlighten/awaken the people who aren’t so far gone and,
in the near future, these comments — and the sort of ignorance they stem from — will be rare, and eventually non-existent.

ie., stop consuming animal products and keep working to get others to do the same.
That is the best way to deal with these comments.

Real men eat plants!

I think some people already thought I might be gay because of how much time me and a male friend of mine spent together and the fact that neither of us dated in high school. His dad thought he was gay.

Also, I took all college level classes my senior year in high school and graduated top of my class, so the people around me were more mature than the average population.

Anyways, point being, I’ve never had to deal with gay jokes because of it. Anyways, people will stop making comments relating to your diet soon enough. Oh. A study showed gay men are bigger. Nothing unmanly about being gay.
AF Bogaert & S Hershberger, “The relation between sexual orientation and penile size.” Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 28, no. 3, 1999, pp. 213-21.

I consider vegan men to be of stronger character than men who eat meat. I respect people more when they are able to break free of strict gender roles in society and just be themselves.

Having the strength and courage to stand up for animals and the environment is something I would love to see more people do, regardless of their gender or sexual representation.

Look up some of the male celebrities who have gone vegan: Mike Tyson, Brad Pitt, Carl Lewis, Russell Brand…

As a girl I say dudes have more balls if they go veg*n since they have to put up with society lol. My boyfriend currently still eats meat though when we move out on our own he plans on going vegetarian. You are going to get picked on for being veg*n if you are a guy or a girl you just basically have to learn to get over it. The people who you are around most of the time will most likely get bored of making jokes after awhile. I’ve been vegetarian for over 6 years and 8 months and some people still make jokes about me but not near as often.

I’d just link them a vegan bodybuilding video from YouTube.

Besides the ones I’ve seen online in videos, I’ve never met a male veg. But I’ve read some interesting and inspiring articles: http://fortheloveofkale.com/2012/02/fighting-the-manly-stereotype-with-plants/ and this one too http://www.theveganwoman.com/how-to-convince-your-boyfriend-to-go-vegan/

Yeah I have never met a vegetarian guy, which is why it makes it much more difficult for me because there isn’t too much advice or support going around.

not at all a veg guy is hot i think ive just never met one

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As a girl, I actually consider a vegetarian/vegan male to be more masculine. . I will never be with an meat-eater.

Well I’ve finally decided to become a vegetarian, and already the gay jokes have started (friends just teasing me, nothing horribly abusive). So I would like to ask the guys on this site, if there are any, how do you deal with the preconceptions of vegetarians being less manly? And for the girls, do you consider a vegetarian/vegan male to be less masculine than a omnivore?