Nov
19
reason #1 for loving carol j.adams
“I take these as my givens:
- ..oppression is a reality. privilege is the state of being for those who benefit from oppression…
- …just as gender and race are constructs, so too is species. they are categories of social construction that have been postulated as essentially natural.
- …environmental exploitation takes place through social domination of the bodies of some people by other people…colonialism is..institutionalized oppressive systems that control non-dominant white people and people of color as well as exploiting the natural resources of the land upon which they live. owners and decision-makers maintain high profits for the few by passing on the costs to the many in form of low wages, high prices, bad working conditions, and toxic side effects…
- ..feminism does not solely address relationships between women and men but is an analytic tool that helps expose the social construction of reality. for instance, feminism identifies how gender becomes a marker of the oppression of animals too, as when rodeos feature a competition that involves putting lace underwear on a calf. “
from neither man nor beast: feminism and the defense of animals by carol j.adams
I love when people can perfectly articulate the craziness in my brain.
