According to Roselina Salemi, writing for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the Japanese concept of herbivore men is a subset of MGTOW. Lamoureux sees herbivore men as a consequence of Japanese socioeconomic conditions and MGTOW as an ideological choice. Kashmira Gander, writing for The Independent, sees herbivore men serving as role models for MGTOW.[22][2][3]