Saturday, March 10, 2012
Vegetarianism & Ecofeminism Part 1
There are so many things I found inadequate about this article I don't even know where to begin. For one thing, I really didn’t like that the
author refused to mention what happens when women eat meat. You can’t just assume
that women don't eat meat, because that would be absurd. There are many women who eat meat, like me. I occasionally enjoy cow, pig, chicken, and even fish, though not very often. I also consider myself to be a feminist. So where does that leave me? Should feminism prohibit me from eating something I enjoy? What does meat-eating
say about me, and about all of the other women who are meat-eaters as well? Does it mean we are trying to assert our dominance over
other women by making ourselves more “masculine”? I don't think so. The author undoubtedly should have addressed the "issue" of women meat-eaters in this article. Another thing that really bothered me was that the author could only try to find the link between meat eating and male dominance in the Western world. There are many cultures all over the world that are big on hunting and eating meat which are incredibly egalitarian, and I feel that that should have been mentioned. What about the article bothered you the most?
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