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TY - JOUR
T1 - Are baby animals less appetizing?
T2 - Tenderness towards baby animals and appetite for meat
AU - Piazza, Jared Raymond
AU - McLatchie, Neil Marvin
AU - Olesen, Cecilie
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Anthrozoos on 03/05/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/08927936.2018.1455456
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Three studies investigated whether thoughts and feelings generated by baby animals might oppose appetite for meat. A prestudy established babyness as an important factor predicting moral concern for farmed animals. Study 1 showed that presenting images of baby animals, versus adult animals, as the source of meat reduced appetite for meat, but this effect was weak and found exclusively among women. Study 2 replicated and extended Study 1 using a larger sample and two new animal sources. Study 3 included a no animal comparison condition, and found greatest levels of reduced appetite for meat when the meat source was presented as a baby animal, as opposed to an adult animal or no visual indication of the animal source. A meta-analysis of the results using Bayes factors revealed considerable cumulative evidence in favor of the hypothesis that images of baby animals temporarily reduce women’s appetite for meat. In contrast, the evidence for men was less strong. Our results highlight a tension within some omnivores between caring for baby animals and appetite for meat.
AB - Three studies investigated whether thoughts and feelings generated by baby animals might oppose appetite for meat. A prestudy established babyness as an important factor predicting moral concern for farmed animals. Study 1 showed that presenting images of baby animals, versus adult animals, as the source of meat reduced appetite for meat, but this effect was weak and found exclusively among women. Study 2 replicated and extended Study 1 using a larger sample and two new animal sources. Study 3 included a no animal comparison condition, and found greatest levels of reduced appetite for meat when the meat source was presented as a baby animal, as opposed to an adult animal or no visual indication of the animal source. A meta-analysis of the results using Bayes factors revealed considerable cumulative evidence in favor of the hypothesis that images of baby animals temporarily reduce women’s appetite for meat. In contrast, the evidence for men was less strong. Our results highlight a tension within some omnivores between caring for baby animals and appetite for meat.
KW - appetite
KW - baby animals
KW - cuteness
KW - human–animal interaction
KW - meat
KW - moral concern
KW - tenderness
U2 - 10.1080/08927936.2018.1455456
DO - 10.1080/08927936.2018.1455456
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 319
EP - 335
JO - Anthrozoos
JF - Anthrozoos
SN - 0892-7936
IS - 3
ER -