Modern society’s relationship with meat can be dated back to our ancestral background as presented by Joshua M. Tybur in “Evolutionary Psychology: A Fresh Perspective for Understanding and Changing Problematic Behavior.” This psychological and biological lens can be used to explain what motivates us to consume meat. In my discussion of My Year of Meats, written by Ruth Ozeki, I argue that the meat industry has created a false image of wholeness and health and that this image is shattered in the leading character, Jane, who is a product of a harmful hormone called DES that is used in meat. Jane’s trajectory in the novel transcends the basic characteristics of behavior as defined by Tybur. Her counterpart, John Ueno, represents the stagnant and ignorant mind; he is unable to evolve or transcend due to his idolization of the false image of the meat industry. I will use Carol J. Adams’ feminist-vegetarian theory to show that John’s suppression of women and clinging to BEEF-EX is in part because our society views meat-eating as the dominant discourse and that patriarchal dominance coincides with the ways in which we dominant animals. Ozeki’s novel provides us with the insight that a break in our level of awareness needs to take place to understand our distorted justifications for problematic behavior that suppresses women and animals, and is damaging our health and environment.