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Title: The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
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| The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Continuum International Publishing Group Save the bunnies! (But let us kill our unborn babies) |
| This is the kind of book scientists researching the history of gender studies in a few centuries will go wild about. It captures in a nutshell all that is wrong and illogical in modern feminism, and contains the reason why feminism will soon die a natural death like all the other illiberal 'isms' of the past. The author is clearly a vegetarian and by definition pro-abortion, but does she realise that before the influence of feminism started twisting human morality, it was unthinkable for vegetarians to support abortion! No rational human being could honestly put the value of animal life above that of human life, unless their morality and ethics have been twisted by one or another 'ism'. We know this only too well from the horrible effects which Marxism and Communism had on otherwise good people. The end justifies the means for staunch believers in any 'ism'. Using the author's reasoning, one could just as easily claim that the widespread, unconditional granting of abortion is the reason behind the steady increase in woman child-murderers, abortion having given modern women a feeling that their lives and conveniences come before human life. I am a meat-eating supporter of abortion who knows that the killing of animals for food could not possibly be ethically worse than the killing of humans for convenience. |
| The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Continuum International Publishing Group Thoughtful and intriguing |
| An obvious connection overlooked before Carol Adams came along to illuminate it for us. |
| The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Continuum International Publishing Group A MUST READ for women who don't want to be treated like meat |
Many feminists do not like to be treated like meat or like animals. I think this is because we all know, consciously or not, the extent and nature of animal oppression. Why have feminists for so long co-opted these animal metaphors to explain their own oppression, yet failed to see that these metaphors only work BECAUSE animals themselves are so oppressed?
Carol Adams is among the first to step forward and call for feminist attention to animal rights and meat eating. She makes points in this book which are revolutionary and, I believe, will be the future of feminism. The questions she raises about species are no less reasonable than questions other feminists have raised about race, class, gender, and any other facet of identity. Yet most feminists have refused to analyze human identity, and look at animals with the same eyes that many men look at women.
Though at times Adams writes very academically and heavily, this book should be required reading for all feminists-- and for all people who believe that both women and animals in this culture are literally and figuratively fragmented, consumed, and turned into meat, the ultimate objectification. A book whose importance I cannot stress enough. |
| The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Continuum International Publishing Group The Sexual Politics of Meat: ; An Ecofeminist classic |
| I first read THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MEAT in 1990. I had just become a vegetarian. This book connected my feminist politics with my vegetarian politics. This book was a groundbreaking work in ecofeminist theory. Ms. Adams shows how a patriarchal society oppresses animals, women and the very planet Earth itself. She shows us how our dietary choices can be a resistance to the oppressive patriarchal status quo. This book continues to empower me. In 2004 this book is more relevant than ever. |
| The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory by Continuum International Publishing Group This Book is Crucial |
| I could go on & on about this book. It is one the most inspiring and thought-provoking books I've ever read. I first read this book around the time I became a Vegan, developed a serious interest in Sociology, and earned a greater respect for Feminism. To truly appreciate and understand this book, one has to read it with an open mind. Some of the concepts and theories may seem extreme or abstract at first, but I suggest that people give Adams's text time to marinate. |
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