The following is from the FAQ section of The Abolitionist Approach by Gary Francione. Question : By equating speciesism with racism and sexism, don’t you equate animals, people of color, and women? Answer: No. Racism, sexism, speciesism, and other forms of discrimination are all analogous in that all share the faulty notion that some morally [...]
Because I’m female, my body and breast feel for a cow and her life of unrest. Because I’m female, I’m filled with disdain at using sisters for financial gain. Because I’m female, I’m upset at how insemination is forced on a cow. Because I’m female, it’s awful to see cows impregnated artificially. Because I’m female, [...]
Sociologist primarily search out and study broad social patterns. One of the most important and pervasive patterns is the devaluation of certain groups in society. Many sociologists question why some among us, such as women, humans of color, children, humans with disabilities, humans who are older or poor, and those with different sexual orientations, seem [...]
Animals can feel. Very few question this. Both science and our common sense clearly indicate it. Animals can experience pain, distress or sadness. But they also know happiness, joy and pleasure. Often, those who care about animals only pay attention to their suffering, failing to take action to ensure they’re given the chance to enjoy [...]
This historic panel discussion was held on November 2, 2010 at the University of Colorado. Organized by the Vegan Justice League, this was a special “inclusion-building” session to help scholars begin to understand the vast and intricate interconnection of all of the social justice issues — for the people, for the planet, and for [...]
Animal exploitation is the most widespread and deeply entrenched form of social injustice in the history of the human race. [It] is the injustice with no boundaries in time or geography. We emerged from the shadows of the preliterate past with spear and bow in hand and livestock in captivity. There is no society remembered [...]
The drug Premarin is made from the urine of pregnant horses. Mares are cruelly confined and subjected to invasive procedures throughout their pregnancy only to have their colts taken away from them after birth. This perversion of the reproductive cycles of female horses produces a harmful drug that is marketed to women by convincing them [...]
“There are important parallels between speciesism and sexism and racism in the elevation of white male rationality to the touchstone of moral worth. The arguments European colonialists used to legitimate exploiting Africans – that they were less than human and inferior to white Europeans in ability to reason – are the very same justifications humans [...]