Comments on: Women eat less with men, more with each other http://sveltegourmand.com/684_women-eat-less-with-men-more-with-each-other Deliciously good for you. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pam Plemouse http://sveltegourmand.com/684_women-eat-less-with-men-more-with-each-other/comment-page-1#comment-1305 Pam Plemouse Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:51:10 +0000 http://sveltegourmand.com/?p=684#comment-1305 I find I eat more in groups, especially in the presence of homemade food or local specialties... you have to try everything! I am a woman, but my father was famous for trying every pie at a pie fair and declaring each one delicious, much to the delight of the bakers. I have inherited his ability to inhale vast amounts of food in social situations, but unfortunately, being a woman and half his height, not his hollow leg. I find I eat more in groups, especially in the presence of homemade food or local specialties… you have to try everything! I am a woman, but my father was famous for trying every pie at a pie fair and declaring each one delicious, much to the delight of the bakers. I have inherited his ability to inhale vast amounts of food in social situations, but unfortunately, being a woman and half his height, not his hollow leg.

]]> By: Andrea http://sveltegourmand.com/684_women-eat-less-with-men-more-with-each-other/comment-page-1#comment-427 Andrea Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:12:35 +0000 http://sveltegourmand.com/?p=684#comment-427 OK... There is definitely pressure to eat more when with women. A friend of a friend thinks I'm anorexic (I'm not even close) because I substitute salad for fries and skip the hashbrowns at brunch. Seriously. Maybe I wouldn't have to deal with this if I just ate more to make this woman "feel better". OK… There is definitely pressure to eat more when with women. A friend of a friend thinks I’m anorexic (I’m not even close) because I substitute salad for fries and skip the hashbrowns at brunch. Seriously. Maybe I wouldn’t have to deal with this if I just ate more to make this woman “feel better”.

]]> By: Annie http://sveltegourmand.com/684_women-eat-less-with-men-more-with-each-other/comment-page-1#comment-43 Annie Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:16:20 +0000 http://sveltegourmand.com/?p=684#comment-43 Wow, the study's results really surprise me! I would think that people would just tend to mirror what their dining companions are doing, leading women to eat a little more on average when with men than with other women. I tend to feel compelled to order and eat more daintily with women (not that I'm ever very dainty!); and I totally agree with your Scarlett O'Hara point. There was a NYT article not so long ago about the pressure women feel to order steaks on dates--to demonstrate that they're pleasure-loving and thin by magic, rather than self-discipline. But maybe this is all very different depending on social milieu? Wow, the study’s results really surprise me! I would think that people would just tend to mirror what their dining companions are doing, leading women to eat a little more on average when with men than with other women. I tend to feel compelled to order and eat more daintily with women (not that I’m ever very dainty!); and I totally agree with your Scarlett O’Hara point. There was a NYT article not so long ago about the pressure women feel to order steaks on dates–to demonstrate that they’re pleasure-loving and thin by magic, rather than self-discipline. But maybe this is all very different depending on social milieu?

]]> By: Ben http://sveltegourmand.com/684_women-eat-less-with-men-more-with-each-other/comment-page-1#comment-42 Ben Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:37:56 +0000 http://sveltegourmand.com/?p=684#comment-42 I would be curious to hear a men-with-men figure. I find that we tend to order chocolate desserts when together—and it often makes sense to have beer rather than wine. This is all about license: we can order very heavy things, freely. And do men eat less, when on dates? I suspect they are just as nervous as their counterparts. I would be curious to hear a men-with-men figure. I find that we tend to order chocolate desserts when together—and it often makes sense to have beer rather than wine. This is all about license: we can order very heavy things, freely.

And do men eat less, when on dates? I suspect they are just as nervous as their counterparts.

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