Carol J. Adams
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Carol J. Adams is an American writer, feminist, and animal rights advocate. She is the author of several books, including The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (1990) and The Pornography of Meat (2004), focusing in particular on what she argues are the links between the oppression of women...
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I coined the term feminized protein for eggs and dairy products: plant protein produced through the abuse of the reproductive cycle of female animals.
“Why Vegan-Feminist?”, in caroljadams.com (2015). Retrieved on 18 June 2016.
Through butchering, animals become absent referents. Animals in name and body are made absent as animals for meat to exist.
The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (New York: Continuum, 1990), p. 40.
Through symbolism based on killing animals, we encounter politically laden images of absorption, control, domain, and the necessity of violence.
The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (New York: Continuum, 1990), p. 189.
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Carol J. Adams is an American writer, feminist, and animal rights advocate. She is the author of several books, including The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (1990) and The Pornography of Meat (2004), focusing in particular on what she argues are the links between the oppression of women and that of non-human animals. She was inducted into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2011.
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