[net.veg] Macrobiotics and SEXISM?!

nax@cornell.UUCP (02/26/85)

From: nax (Call me Nax)

[Which you would rather eat: burdock root or a peach?]

A friend of mine noticed the following.

	While the macrobiotic diet stresses the balancing of yang:yin, 
	the prefered ratio is not 1:1 -- it's something like 4:1 or 5:1.

	Is this yangism? Can that bias be construed as proto-sexism?
	What make yang preferable to ying ?
	How do I know this isn't the subtle prejudice of a patriarchal
	society?

					Uh, the peach.
					Nax@Cornel