Sociology

Sociology Ponder this situation: Two college students, one male and one female, sit down in a restaurant together to have dinner. When the waitress comes, one orders a steak sandwich, french fries, and a coke while the other orders a caesar salad and water. Without any further explanation, I, and I assume most other people, would feel confident in knowing with some degree of certainty which person ordered which meal, but why is this distinction so obvious' Both people had the same menu and the same choices; however, it is undeniable to me that there are characteristic eating habits for men and women that show up often in everyday life and govern food choice. Thinking back to every meal I have attended with a female, I realize that the vast majority of the time I have chosen the larger and/or unhealthier dish. I have never really stopped to think about it, but now that I do the concept is quite intriguing: It is an unusual idea to think about fundamental or biological factors governing men and women to desire different foods. Physical makeup and activity might influence the portion size of men vs. eating, food, gender, research, people, difference, question, different, men, habits, choice, two, method, because, about, women, study, week, variable, order, one, idea, first, female, eat, very, variables, thought, think, survey, students, social, probably, need, menu