Nothing to do with Derek, in particular, but just generally: You don't think any of us can ever appreciate a man's physical attributes, or look forward to enjoying a sexual encounter, without thinking of another human being as a piece of meat?
To that way of thinking, most dates (where there is a hope of sex) and all marriages (where there is an expectation of it) could also be said to have a "piece of meat" element to them. What a reductive view of human experience.