So it’s already assumed that vegans don’t eat or purchase animal-products, but what about sexy time?
A new movement is dawning in New Zealand and the participants call themselves Vegansexuals. These new vegans not only abstain from animal-products, but from sexual partners who eat animal-products as well.
The co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Human and Animal Studies at Canterbury University, Annie Potts, said she coined the term after doing research for Cruelty-Free Consumption in New Zealand: A National Report on the Perspectives and Experiences of Vegetarians and other Ethical Consumers.
The report asked 157 people nationwide about everything from battery chickens to sexual preferences and found that many vegans are unwilling to sleep with non-vegan partners.
One participant said, ”I would not want to be intimate with someone whose body is literally made up from the bodies of others who have died for their sustenance.”
What do you think about vegansexuality? Are you a strictly plant-based lover? Chime in and share your thoughts!
via: stuff.co.nz
March 13th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
It’s a hard call. Doesn’t the head of PETA say that veggies should only date omnis so they can convert more people?
My husband is an omni but eats mostly vegan foods - he probably only eats meat once or twice a month. If he’s out and a restaurant has free range options, he might get meat, but he won’t get it if it’s not free range. When I met him, he ate whatever, so it’s been a big change for him over time. Now he sees the health benefits, knows the facts about animals and the environment - before he had just never been exposed to it. I personally wish he went all the way veg, but at the end of the day it’s his choice. I do know that his eating wouldn’t have changed if we had not gotten together.
I will say this though - he does know that if he eats meat, he has to brush his teeth before I’ll kiss him…
March 14th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Wait, what? This is a year old. This is old news.
Strong relationships are built on shared core values. It’s not at all surprising that vegans would prefer to spend time with other vegans because vegans have shared core values: people, animals, and the planet.
March 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
PS
To Livin’ Veg: Ingrid is also SINGLE.
Don’t get me wrong, I understand her point that we can persuade nonvegans by dating them. However, I don’t think it makes sense for vegans to only date nonvegans if the vegans are interested in a long-term, deep relationship.
Omnis are for f*cking, vegans are for making love
March 15th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Not surprising but 1°) you can’t control who you fall in love with and 2°) you can change someone’s eating habits and some of their values. To me, flat-out refusing to socialize with omnis just because they eat meat (most of the time, it’s more out of habit and ignorance than a conscious choice - unlike vegetarians and vegans) is a form of racism
March 15th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
It’s hard enough finding a decent partner out there let alone one who has the same beliefs and values you do. It would be nice if there were an abundance of vegans out there to choose from but, let’s get real people, there aren’t. As others have already said when you date an omnivore you get to teach them about veganism and the many wonderful benefits.