No, women also partake in vegetarianism for religious reasons.
Animals are affected by vegetarianism as well as the environment and the people who partake in vegetarianism.
Vegetarianism
Well, this is basic: meat. The main goal of vegetarianism is to abstain of consuming animal meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, etc. Either for ethical reasons, healthy reasons, environmental reasons or religious reasons.
Yes; there is much heated debate as to what constitutes vegetarianism and how healthy it is.
Bodhipaksa has written: 'Living as a river' -- subject(s): Impermanence (Buddhism), Meditation, Buddhism 'Vegetarianism' -- subject(s): Buddhism, Budismo, Health aspects, Health aspects of Vegetarianism, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Vegetarianism, Vegetarianism, Vegetarianismo
Rafeeque Ahmed has written: 'Islam and vegetarianism' -- subject(s): Islam, Kindness, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Kindness, Religious aspects of Vegetarianism, Vegetarianism
A choice; no one can force you to be one! Many never choose vegetarianism.
Henry Stephens Salt is the author of a 1988 essay entitled A Plea for Vegetarianism.
I'm guessing ovo-lacto vegetarianism--it has the least restrictions of vegetarian diets that I know of...
Some of the world's oldest religious traditions have advocated vegetarianism as a means to both physical and spiritual health.
Vegetarianism is a major dietary therapy in the alternative treatment of cancer. Other conditions treated with a dietary therapy of vegetarianism include obesity, osteoporosis, arthritis, allergies, asthma, environmental illness