Are vegans the same as vegetarians? The effect of diet on perceptions of masculinity.

Food and food consumption matters in interpersonal interactions. Foods consumed can affect how a person is perceived by others in terms of morality, likeability, and gender. Food consumption can be used as a strategy for gendered presentation, either in terms of what foods are consumed or in the amount of food consumed.

Disgust, contempt, and anger and the stereotypes of obese people.

Purpose: Emotions form an important part of stereotyping and prejudice, but little is known about how intergroup emotions are associated with anti-fat prejudice. This study examined the relation between negative intergroup emotions (disgust, contempt, and anger) and the stereotypes of obese people.

Method: A community sample (n = 380) and an undergraduate sample (n = 96) rated obese people on common obesity stereotypes (e.