2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Eating behavior is one of the conditions for survival: a person is what he eats.
At the same time, eating behavior is a way of social interaction. In communication organized around eating, manifestations of power (until the boss appears, none of the subordinates dares to eat), submission ("You are the first"), boasting ("It is customary in our family to use only high-quality products!"), Etc.
In relation to children, forced feeding methods are known ("You will eat what I said", "Until you finish eating, you will not leave the table", "Shut your mouth and eat!"). For adults, food rules are also one of the ways to exercise authority (“Don't you dare go into the kitchen before dinner”, “Don't grab from the table”).
The content of the menu is also important: each of us has some rules for healthy, correct, tasty nutrition. There is an expression "dietary identity" which is culturally and familially determined nutritional norms.
Eating behavior can cause marital and intrafamilial contradictions and mutual claims. And in some cases, even become the cause of unfulfilled love. The 34-year-old was invited to dinner by a new, pretty acquaintance with whom he really wanted to get closer. The desire for rapprochement disappeared the moment the girl put a plate in front of him, on which a vegetable salad dressed with mayonnaise, mashed potatoes, three pieces of large cutlets and a piece of bread were tightly adjacent. From such a culinary mix, both the gastronomic and sexual appetite of the man disappeared, and the girl became associated with an evil nurse from a kindergarten, who forced her to eat "all kinds of nasty things."
Eating habits are very indicative: a person with a high status in the family starts a new dish and no longer eats it the next time, and the rest of the family can start eating only after it (Wilson. "Alpha males eat first. The scruffs get the leftovers").
Eating behavior correlates with self-esteem and respect for other people. A hospitable, self-respecting hostess who is waiting for guests pays a lot of attention to the choice of products, menus, table setting and other nuances associated with the use of food. And vice versa, a cold woman's heart does not want to feed anyone; when choosing a menu, the only criterion most often applies - quick and easy.
The attitude towards close people can very often be determined by how these loved ones feed us: overfeeding, very often this means that they are not given in some other area; underfed - it's easier here - they just spit on us; take into account our tastes - love, respect, appreciate; they want at all costs to persuade us to eat what we disgust - do not take into account our Own; they are offended that we cannot eat everything that was offered to us - they show selfishness.
There is a parallel between eating and sexual behavior; when choosing a sexual partner, it is worth paying attention to his eating habits, as the most correlated with sexual style.
Eating in the presence of other people can also indicate respect, neglect, disgust, and loss of appetite.
Pathological eating disorders are complex existential-psychosomatic events that speak not of a local disease, but of a systemic violation of human interaction with the world. Food can symbolize destruction or victory over an inaccessible object, that is, act as an analogue of aggression.
Many sacred rituals use food symbolism. In many cultural rites, archetypal symbols such as the bowl and bread are present. On the eve of his detention, Jesus breaks the Easter bread for his disciples: "Take, eat, this is my body."At every Christian service, bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ consumed by the flock. In Catholicism, this transformation is understood not symbolically, but literally.
The method and procedure for baking bread products in many cultures have been developed over many centuries and carry something more than satisfying gastronomic needs.
Dependence on food can make a person a slave to the world, while refusal from its literal use (a person will not live by bread alone) frees one from this dependence, transforming food into a sacrament of divine life.
Eating behavior is undoubtedly a message laden with signs and symbols.
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