“Speak to meat eaters the way you would speak to a wild animal: softly and without any sudden movements.” VegetarianismVeganismVegan QuotesMeat EatingVegetarianism EthicsVegetariansMeat Eaters Book:Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook Source: Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook
“We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat markets, zoos, laboratories, and circuses, and through our language. That we refer to meat eating rather than to corpse eating is a central example of how our language transmits the dominant culture's approval of this activity.” TwoCultureLanguageAnimalLevelsExampleActivityEatingStructureOppressionMeatApprovalDominantFormalCircusCorpsesLaboratoryZoosTransmitSlaughterhousesMeat EatingDominant Culture Book:The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory Source: The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
“While self-interest arising from the enjoyment of meat eating is obviously one reason for its entrenchment, and inertia another, a process of language usage engulfs discussions about meat by constructing the discourse in such a way that these issues need never be addressed. Language distances us from the reality of meat eating, thus reinforcing the symbolic meaning of meat eating, a symbolic meaning that is intrinsically patriarchal and male-oriented. Meat becomes a symbol for what is not seen but is always there--patriarchal control of animals and of language.” WayNeedsSelfReasonRealityLanguageProcessInterestAnimalIssuesEatingDistanceMalesSymbolsDiscussionMeatEnjoymentDiscourseSelf InterestSymbolicInertiaUsageMeat EatingSymbolic Meaning Author:Carol J. Adams
