Study: who does not love whom more - vegans or meat eaters

Scientists have studied the relationship between meat eaters, vegans and vegetarians. It turned out that vegans are more negative

relate to meat eaters than vice versa.However, both groups scored below average on measures of negative attitude. Less than 1% of tweets about meat-eating or veganism indicated negative attitudes. Discuss

Scientists conducted two studies.In the first, researchers conducted a survey of 477 participants in Belgium, in the second, they studied messages on Twitter. The authors searched for tweets using the 16 most popular hashtags related to meat-eating or veganism (e.g., #antivegan, #yes2meat, #veganfood, #plantbased). These tweets were carefully analyzed.

It turned out that meat eaters and vegans rarely expressnegative attitude towards each other contrary to stereotypes. Although the general attitude was not negative, vegans were more likely to express dislike for those who eat animal products.