“The situation is established not only to provoke defensiveness but to sidetrack the reformer into answering the wrong questions… In this, the pattern of discourse resembles that of dinnertime conversations about feminism in the early 1970s. Questions of definition often… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“Speak to meat eaters the way you would speak to a wild animal: softly and without any sudden movements.” — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
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,… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share
“If the body becomes a special focus for women's struggle for freedom then what is ingested is a logical initial locus for announcing one's… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
Until a vegan or vegetarian enters the room, people don't see themselves as meat-eaters. They are merely 'eaters', and it is we vegans who… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“Granted, vegetarian naming wrests meat eating from a context of acceptance; this does not invalidate its mission. One thing must be acknowledged about vegetarian naming as exemplified in the above examples: these are true words. The dissonance they produce is not due to their being false, but to their being too accurate. These words do not adhere to our common… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share
We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“Many efforts on behalf of animals will qualitatively improve humans' living conditions as well, which is likely to be the case.” — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“The situation is established not only to provoke defensiveness but to sidetrack the reformer into answering the wrong questions… In this, the pattern of… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“I think that in terms of emotion, that our culture allows men to be angry. The animal rights movement gives men a legitimate reason… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
What parents said they valued most were discussions with teachers and heads, and what they wanted was more descriptive information in their children's school… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“In accepting as two primary texts, Singer's Animal Liberation and Regan's The Case for Animal Rights--texts that valorize rationality--the animal defense movement reiterates a… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
