In the vegan food scene
Women at the University of Toronto: look out.
The University of Toronto has increased its campus police presence following violent online threats against women and feminists — though a Toronto Police investigation has not identified a “credible threat.”
The university warned students and staff about the threats on Thursday, although critics say it hasn’t done enough to inform those at risk about the specific nature of the threats.
The threats were posted in the comments section of the site BlogTO on September 5th.
The University of Toronto warned its students, faculty and staff about the threats on Thursday and said it’s working with the Toronto Police Service and Peel Regional Police to find out who is behind the anonymous threats, made by someone using the screen name “KillFeminists.”
The Toronto police cyber crime unit is investigating the threats. No credible threat has been identified so far, but the investigation will continue.
Campus security has also increased patrols, the university said.
“We take these threats very seriously and want to ensure that we have a safe campus community,” U of T said in its memo.
David Futrelle has a screengrab of the threats via Twitter.
They were just talking about vegan food.
Vegan and vegetarian eating has been coded somehow as gendered and an attack on masculinity. Toxic masculinity fears and hate everything it perceives as a threat. At least, I think that’s how this happened.
I hate this shit – toxic masculinity threats.
But “rent a gun from a gang”? B/c Canada? No one should have guns available for sale or rent if you ask me but that sounds odd to a US ear. . .or looks odd to a US eye. Is that a thing in Canada – gangs who rent out guns?
Odd, most of the vegans I know around here (Ottawa, not very far from Toronto) are men!
I’m a man who’s been vegan for decades. Therefore… Oh, well. No, therefore nothing. But I agree that veganism is perceived as a “woman thing.” How can men be big and strong (as they must be) if they don’t eat big animals? Of course, the biggest (land) animals are herbivores, but pay no attention to that!
I know, I know. My brother is full-on vegan. I can’t do that. But even as an ovilactopiscovegetarian I had to endure a lot of male posturing over how they were just too manly to not EAT MEAT! and it was cute that I was just too softhearted to eat REAL food. And besides, it must be good for my figure, right, while MEN DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT (until they get diagnosed with diabetes). It’s in the media, too, as women pose in highly suggestive ways to sell fast food meat meals to men, and then wear office attire or casual fashion and pose having fun with salad or yogurt (women laughing with salad is a thing women have created galleries of as it’s so trite) to sell non-meat foods.