“If we want to move towards equality, we must indeed tackle virilism,” said the member of La France Insoumise.
MP LFI Clémentine Autain supported on Monday August 29 the words of her colleague EELV Sandrine Rousseau, who sparked the controversy by saying on Saturday that the barbecue was “a symbol of masculinity“, during the summer university of ecologists in Grenoble.
“Sociology explains to us that there is a very strong difference between the sexes“In the relationship to meat, confirmed Clémentine Autain on BFMTV. “Women eat half as much Red meatthan men, (…) so there is a gender difference in the way we consume meat. And the people who decide to become vegetarianare mostly women“, she argued. “If we want to go toequalityit is indeed necessary to attack virilism“, she continued.
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“Changing Mindset”
Deputy RN Julien Odoul immediately tweeted: “Congratulations Clementine Autain! There are physiological differences between men and women. The muscle mass of men has led them, since the dawn of time, to consume more meat (proteins) than women. It’s not due “virilism” it’s just nature!“. He also pointed out that he was sitting in the hemicycle opposite the LFI deputy Aymeric Caron and that he had thus “plenty of time to observe the effects of hysterical veganism on his body. I will therefore continue my Cro-Magnon diet based on French meat. In ecology as in nutrition, they are bad!“.
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On Saturday, during a round table in Grenoble, eco-feminist MP Sandrine Rousseau felt that it was necessary to “change your mentality so that you eat a steak cooked on a barbecue no longer be a symbol of virility“, triggering controversy on social networks. “When the grotesque reaches its climax… Stop these delusions!“, had reacted in particular on twitter the deputy LR and candidate for the presidency of his party Éric Ciotti.
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