Grass-eater

But why do police become grass-eaters at all, if they lack the greed and contempt fo decency necessary to become meat-eaters?

It was the grass-eaters, the commission found, that made corruption respectable within the organization, encouraging a code of silence among officers.

Grass-eaters constituted the majority of police officers who were corrupt; meat-eaters were rare. But meat-eaters are more dangerous. They aggressively misuse their police powers for personal gain.

That is what the modern men of Japan have done, these grass-eaters.

The grass-eaters fail to maintain a 'manly' appearance, snared instead by the world of cosmetics and fashion which makes them look soft, 'fragile and girlie' ([…]).

She dubbed them “herbivore men” (shoshoku danshi) in a 2006 article, and the phrase caught on as the nation took note of the gentle grass-eaters. Their lesser-known counterparts are the “carnivore women” (nikushoku joshi) who take the initiative in life and love.