Vegetarianism And Cooking

I was thinking about my previous essay a little more, and another realization occurred to me.

I think I finally figured out why so many middle-class white kids, especially teenage girls, claim they want to be vegetarian.

Perhaps the real reason people are vegetarian-- is something ludicrously, stupendously, astoundingly, misleadingly simple:  It is very difficult to cook meats.  It requires much more effort, skill, precision, attention, and labor to cook any meats than it does to cook vegetables.

With vegetables, one does not have to devote nearly the same amount of time, effort, or ability
There is really not any skill required to cook vegetables.  Just make sure they don't burn.  And if they do burn, ehh whatever, just eat it.  They're undercooked, not a big deal; they're overcooked and a little mushy, not a big deal.

Veggies are undercooked and a little stiff, ehh not a big deal.  That's roughage, good for your intestines.  Aren't raw vegetables supposed to be good for you?  Humans subsisted and survived for tens of thousands of years without cooking vegetables all the way.  No risk of sickness the way there is if chicken is undercooked.  Not going to be infected with salmonella or shigella and contract horrible food poisoning.

They're overcooked and a little mushy, ehh not a big deal.  Half the chewing work is done for you.  They'll go down more easily, whatever.

And so, to try to make themselves not sound so lazy or scared, vegetarians start spewing some crap about animal rights.

I realized this because I'm scared to cook meats for the reason that I am afraid I would mess it up.  I was pondering this and rationalizing it.  And I began seriously considering if I could make it as a vegetarian.  With all nutritional requirements, vital nutrients, essential amino acids, minerals that are all required for a healthy normal diet.

And then, ding!  It hit me.  This is why people want to be vegetarian.

Feminism And White Girls And How This Relates To Household Chores

Look, I know this is going to sound racist, but I feel that middle-class white kids are spoiled brats.  I attended high school with a great number of them, I attended college with a great number of them, and I read in the news about a great number of them.

Let me reiterate that these are *middle-class* kids, not rich kids.  Yet they are every bit as thinking they should be pampered and privileged, and thinking they are entitled to luxurious comforts and leisures as the worst stereotypes of rich kids.

And I have noticed that in some ways (not in many ways, but in some ways), middle-class white girls are more spoiled than middle-class white boys.  I have encountered so many whiny, racist, conceited, pain-in-the-ass, stuck-up-their-ass, anal retentive, middle-class white girls in my time.

They do not want to do any cooking or cleaning around the house.  They do not want to help their parents around the house with any responsibilities such as washing the dishes, taking out the trash, vacuuming, etc.  Oh, but they sure as hell talk a big bubble about wanting to free Tibet, wanting to save the rainforest, wanting to help poor African children who don't have a floor to vacuum.

They're just too good to help out their own family.  So many middle-class white girls mostly seem to harbor the attitude of, "Cooking?  Ew, gross.  Clean the bathroom?  Ew, gross.  Taking out the trash?  Ew, gross."  They think they are too good to help their family around the household, let alone clean up after themselves.

You are telling me that you do not think it is a priority to clean up after yourself and take care of yourself?  Erm, why the hell not?  You seriously think you are too good to pick up after yourself.  Well, then who the hell is supposed to do that for you?  I got your answer right here -- no one.  It is no one's job but your own to clean up after your own damn mess. 

If you are very young and live with your parents, then same question.  And the correct answer is similar.  Guess what -- if you live in the household, then you have to contribute to it.  It is not your parents' job to clean up your mess.  You are a human being, of this household, of this society, and you have to help maintain it.

In a chemistry lab in school last year, we were doing an extraction assignment and we had to handle raw spinach.  We had to mash up the spinach using a pestle and mortar, and then mix it with water.  The vast majority of the girls in the class were completely disgusted at the prospect of having to mash up some clean green leaves and then touch it with their fingers.

Erm, are you freakin kidding me??  It's just leaves, for god's sake.  It's not like the professor was asking you to take a dirty diaper and smear it all over your hands.  I am deducing that their disgust at having to touch spinach leaves springs from the same source as their disgust at having to do household chores.

As a feminist, I find that I often make it a point to expressly mention that I do in fact do a lot of chores and help out around the house. 

Being a feminist means I want more authority and autonomy in my life than women were allowed in generations gone by.  That means I have to earn the right__
Yes, you have to show that you are truly and well worthy of possessing said right.

I got news for you, hon.  You already have that power.  Doing work, maintaining and up-keeping the household has _already_ vested you with that authority.  You DO have a voice, you DO have equal say.

Bering a feminist means you want to make your own way in this world.  If you choose to stand your ground, claim your post, and be master of your land, then you have to maintain that very land.

I see too may self-proclaimed "feminists" standing up fr or themselves by refusing to chip in the work and participate.

Erm, you know what this is called?  That's called being a spoiled brat.

News flash:  refusing to do contribute to the household is not being a strong intelligent woman who is equal to a man.  It is simply being an entitled spoiled princess.

So stand up for yourself by making your voice heard as an equal in the household.  Don't think hat you are standing up for yourself by refusing to work, refusing to pull your own weight.  That sort of attitude is not going to earn you respect from anybody.  As well, it shouldn't.

If you want to be master of your own domain and be in charge of your own fate, which is precisely what feminism means, this means you also accept everything that comes with it.  You must sustain all the territory that comes with the added authority and power.  Are you starting to understand the reasoning underlying the fact that I am a feminist, and this means I have absolutely zero excuse for not doing housework?

If you choose to relinquish the work, labor, and responsibility of maintaining your life to someone else -- then guess what.  You have also surrendered power in your life to someone else.  If you are not able to maintain your living surroundings, then you are most likely not able to handle having any authority in your life, either.  If that is your preference, then great; have at it.

But I stand here and I have chosen to have the utmost authority in my own life.  That means that in tandem, I have expressly chosen to have to work hard to earn everything. 

If you don't help the house get clean, you don't magically get a clean, comfortable living space.  If you don't learn how to cook food, you don't magically get healthy, nutritious food to appear on the table.

Being a feminist means you want equal weight and consideration of your input when talking in a setting of -- well, in any setting, really.  When in a discussion in the scholarly setting.  When in the professional setting.  When in the world of scientific academia.

You know what that means?  That means you must also take on equal work and responsibility.  If you expect work colleagues as well as other students to give you respect and to value you for your wisdom, intelligence, insight, and solutions, then you must demonstrate that your wisdom, et al. comes from experience.  You must demonstrate that you have done the actual work and experienced results and you know first-hand what works well.  You must show your peers that you have the knowledge and that you have worked hard to earn it.  You must show that you will continue to work hard.

That goes the same for the household setting.  Look, I strongly believe that charity begins at home.  I am a feminist, and because of this, I am even more motivated to pitch in and perform work around the house.  Because I want equal authority, I must be an equal contributor.  It is only logical.  Work is work, and I couldn't live in a dirty house.

If you want an equal vote, then you have to equally contribute.  If you want equal say, then you have to do equal work.

Here is another thing I don't understand.  People say it takes sooooo much energy to clean and it is sooooooooo difficult.  Erm, no it really is not that difficult.  You just clean.  That's it.  It requires some effort and it is hard work, but no, it is not difficult to understand.  You clean and scrub and sweep.  When the place starts to look better, you know you are going in the right direction.

As for the energy requirement, let me reveal something to you.  I have found a peculiar something in my personal perception of cleaning.  Let us look at this from a more scientific perspective.  Let us bring up the topic of entropy.  The second law of thermodynamics states that the universe is steadily moving towards chaos, randomness.  It is the lowest, most evenly distributed amount of energy.

But thing is with me, it takes more energy on my part to force myself to ignore a mess.  it takes me less energy to simply clean

I would rather diffuse the extra bubbling energy that is imbibed within me to force myself to ignore a mess.  With me, cleaning and tidying up is "going with the flow" as far as doing what comes naturally.

Resorting To This Is Evidence Of Dire Straits

If women have to resort to this, this is almost always evidence that they do not **truly** have any power in that society whatsoever.  Because if the female did have respect and authority and power, then she would not have to resort to demeaning herself like this.

Think about it.  If the menfolk in said society honestly saw women as whole human beings unto themselves, then they would pay attention when a woman speaks.  They would pay attention because she is a sovereign citizen of that society.  She is a hardworking contributing member of the community.  As such, she deserves to be heard as much as any male member of said society does.  Her vote would count. 

If the female feels she has no recourse other than to just screw, this is evidence that she is a wimp.  That is my honest opinion.  Trailblazing, like run for political office.  She does not have the guts to get people to pay attention to her without begging for sexual attention and approval from males.  Maybe she does not have anything worthwhile to say.  So she merely resorts to negative female stereotypes of being a sesss object.

The other possibility is that she is not that bright.  She is not creative or skillful enough to contribute something worthwhile, such as Pennies For Progress.  So again she falls back on not being good for anything else.