Thursday, August 30, 2012

Pig vs Pig

The dictionary describes a pig as one who indulges in eating in a pig like fashion. Normally we label someone as a pig by viewing their gluttonous behavior at the dinner table. You know the overly obese person swallowing plate after plate of food in one gulp as if the mesmerizing task was a normal behavior such as breathing air. By judging the level of food consumption in the short amount of time, the lack of table manners, the level of greed for food, the public can justify that this person is in a fact a big fat slobbering pig. But what if the person was of the average size and weight? What if the same person ate at a moderate pace? What if the same person was a woman? If you add all those normal qualities of a woman and top it with a ginormous appetite for food, would society still call her a pig or would society praise her for having such a healthy appetite? If we reverse the gender role to a male, would society turn its tune and immediately call him a gluttonous pig or would society give him big pat on the back and tell him a job well done? If we look at competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the man is packed with muscles but eats enough to put a buffet out of business even though he doesn't look like someone who can eat like someone who we as society perceive as a pig. Therefore, having an insatiable appetite wouldn't make society label you as a pig because society only cares about labeling people by their outer appearance.
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