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From: doll@eng.umd.edu (Steven Doll)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Feminism and Vegetarianism
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Date: 15 May 91 15:54:34 GMT
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[Please - let's not get into an animal rights discussion here.  There are
other newsgroups better suited to that.                          - MHN]

Has anyone noticed a connection between the way women are talked of
or treated in western societies and the way animals are talked of
and treated:

     Property, belonging to (a man, humans)
     "Piece of meat"
     Little concern for the actual well-being of the (animal, woman)
     We (men, humans) decide what to do with/for (women, animals)

It seem so tangibly related to the heierarchical mapping where the
position you hold (viz. power) entitles you to act in the most
responsible way you can -- but this you define as the path to your 
group's pleasure or security or aggrandizement.

Say you're a feminist: people laugh; make jokes about burning bras...
Say you support animal rights: people laugh; ask you about vegetable
rights...

Steven
doll@wam.umd.edu