Aggravating sexist understandings of Nonhuman Animal rights advocacy can only encumber efforts to achieve Nonhuman Animal liberation. Heganism works to assuage fragile masculinity to encourage men’s participation. In doing so, however, it reinforces the notion that veganism is essentially “for women” and that men will be stigmatized if they participate without veganism being explicitly defeminized. The otherizing of women, however, is exactly the type of otherization that sustains speciesism. Hierarchies must be dismantled, woman-hating must be challenged, and all persons–be they men, women, human, or nonhuman–should be acknowledged as sentient beings worthy of equal moral consideration.
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Rape as an Anti-Speciesism Tactic and the Vegan Male Discourse
Science was a Founding Principle of the Vegan Movement
A century ago, vegan founders warned that a disregard for science would imperil the movement’s effectiveness. “Veganism has everything to gain by a wholehearted scientific attitude, and everything to lose by an unscientific approach,” one such leader concludes. Has the modern vegan movement heeded the warning?
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Explorers Race to the Poles, Animals Lose
The exploitation of Nonhuman Animals was central to the polar explorations. Nonhuman Animals often comprised their clothing. Countless Nonhuman Animals were killed and rendered, potted, and otherwise preserved for the supplies picked up in nearby ports or donated by advertisers sponsoring the expeditions.
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Research Challenges the Emotionality of Anti-Speciesist Thought
The “No-Means-Yes” Rape Trope in PETA Pornography
Is It Vegan to Eat Mock Meats?
If we’re talking about mock meats that strongly resemble the corpses of other animals, okay, this is problematic in the context of a deeply speciesist society. However, if we are talking about chunks of protein that are shaped and flavored and don’t resemble anyone, then these are foods I’m not especially worried about.
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