You don't have to grill to prove your masculinity, says the French -speaking MP of the Greens to be careful men

You don't have to grill to prove your "masculinity", a leading green member of French men said and argues that her meaty diet emits 40 percent more greenhouse gases than that of women.

During a discussion about how to get the notoriously carnivorous French to eat and produce less meat, Sandrine Rousseau told the podium: "We have to change the mentalities so that the food of a entrecote cooked on the grill is no longer considered a symbol of masculinity."

The remark was immediately denounced by political opponents, with the right -wing MP Eric Ciotti tweeting: "The highlight of the grotesque. Stop this madness!"

The conservative MEP Nadine Morano added: "That is enough. Stop to blame our boys! Stop the" deconstruction "of our men! Stop Rousseau's delusions. ”

The communist leader Fabien Roussel also questioned the wisdom of discussing "the gender of the schnitzel".

"People eat meat dependent on what they have in their wallet, not what they have in their slippers or pants," he said on Monday. He invited everyone to come to the upcoming Fête de l’Huma, an annual communist party next month in Paris and enjoy a barbecue.

The left struck in this year's presidential elections through calls for an end to the French working class about what they eat. "A good wine, a good piece of meat, a good cheese: that is French gastronomy for me," he said.

As a proportionate of a provocative "punk ecology", Ms. Rousseau triggered similar symptoms at the beginning of this year as she suggested that it would be punished to avoid housework because "private life is political". A survey carried out shortly afterwards showed that almost half of the French support the idea.

On Monday she said: "I have just had a summer with heat waves, forest fires everywhere and tank trucks that have to supply the villages with drinking water," she said on the rolling news channel LCI.

"The food that men eat, 41 percent more greenhouse gases free than those of women," she continued, describing the dispute over the status of "Le Barbecue" as an excuse.

"I only say that we have to work on the symbolism of meat in society. And everyone says" no, no ". What are we ready to do at some point to fully record climate change? We experienced the concrete effects of this change for the first time this summer. What are we ready for? ”

she added: "I was most criticized because of deconstruction (men), housework and grilling. This means that there is a problem with a certain category of men, not for everyone who completely refuse to question their practices and the effects of these practices on global warming. Today we are all obliged to question ourselves."

Ms. Rousseau received support from the left-wing colleague Clémentine Autin, who pointed out that "the majority of the people who decide to become a vegetarian are women".

According to Franceagrimer, the French eat more red meat per capita than any other European country - around 23 kg in 2018 per person compared to 18 kg in the United Kingdom, which was at the top during consumption poultry. The Poles were the biggest pork eaters per capita and Spain was the nation with the highest meat eaters with 99 kg.

The Americans remain the world's largest carnivores per capita at 123 kg.