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When the server brings our entrees to the table, he or she almost always sits the salmon salad in front of me, and the pulled pork sandwich (with fries!) in front of the boyfriend. Naturally, it's the other way around.
The piece was meant to be light, but it does bring up a point. Many women (more than men in my experience) have removed the pleasure from eating. Sure, you can eat with gusto and passion and still eat really healthily, but the fact that we moralize about "bad" foods is fairly strange, and not something I ever hear men do.
There are no foods that are morally corrupt. Just eat a variety, and indulge occasionally. You won't have to eat those rice cakes if you don't want to, and you won't go to Hell for eating a slice of cake.
