Graduation Year
2023
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Reader 1
Professor Golub
Reader 2
Professor Roselli
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©2023 Kyle C Murphy
Abstract
The lab-grown meat industry is relatively new in the United States, but it has already been politicized. Many people are skeptical of lab-grown meat, but not all hesitation comes from the same place. In this paper, I analyze posts by individuals on the political right online to determine the reasoning for their objection to lab-grown meat. After a review of many different posts, I find that right-wing individuals online are outraged by and resistant to the concept of lab-grown meat because of persistent notions of gender and American tradition associated with the consumption of meat, and due to a perceived threat to society from those on the left of the political spectrum.
Recommended Citation
Murphy, Kyle, ""Let the Libs Buy That Crap if They Want": The Online Right-Wing Objection to Lab-Grown Meat" (2023). Scripps Senior Theses. 2230.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2230
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
