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title: "2 Meat Eaters Quotes By Carol J. Adams"
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> [“Speak to meat eaters the way you would speak to a wild animal: softly and without any sudden movements.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/speak-to-meat-eaters-the-way-you-would-speak-to-a-wild-animal-softly/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

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> [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 have made them aware of what they are doing. Often this is discomforting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/until-a-vegan-or-vegetarian-enters-the-room-people-don-t-see/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

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## More by Carol J. Adams

> [“Speak to meat eaters the way you would speak to a wild animal: softly and without any sudden movements.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/speak-to-meat-eaters-the-way-you-would-speak-to-a-wild-animal-softly/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/while-self-interest-arising-from-the-enjoyment-of-meat-eating-is/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/if-the-body-becomes-a-special-focus-for-women-s-struggle-for-freedom/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/until-a-vegan-or-vegetarian-enters-the-room-people-don-t-see/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“Granted, vegetarian naming wrests meat eating from a context of acceptance; this does not invalidate its mission. One thing must be acknowledged about vegetarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/granted-vegetarian-naming-wrests-meat-eating-from-a-context-of/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/we-live-in-a-culture-that-has-institutionalized-the-oppression-of/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“Many efforts on behalf of animals will qualitatively improve humans' living conditions as well, which is likely to be the case.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/many-efforts-on-behalf-of-animals-will-qualitatively-improve-humans/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“The situation is established not only to provoke defensiveness but to sidetrack the reformer into answering the wrong questions… In this, the pattern of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/the-situation-is-established-not-only-to-provoke-defensiveness-but-to/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“I think that in terms of emotion, that our culture allows men to be angry. The animal rights movement gives men a legitimate reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/i-think-that-in-terms-of-emotion-that-our-culture-allows-men-to-be/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/what-parents-said-they-valued-most-were-discussions-with-teachers-and/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/in-accepting-as-two-primary-texts-singer-s-animal-liberation-and/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [Everywhere animals are in chains, but we image them as free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/everywhere-animals-are-in-chains-but-we-image-them-as-free/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“We believe that feminism is a transformative philosophy that embraces the amelioration of life on earth for all life-forms, for all natural entities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/we-believe-that-feminism-is-a-transformative-philosophy-that-embraces/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [“In a situation where flesh is consumed, vegetarians inevitably call attention to themselves. They have made something absent on their plates; perhaps a verbal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/in-a-situation-where-flesh-is-consumed-vegetarians-inevitably-call/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

> [Vegetarianism is an act of the imagination. It reflects an ability to imagine alternatives to the texts of meat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-j-adams/vegetarianism-is-an-act-of-the-imagination-it-reflects-an-ability-to/)

[Carol J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-j-adams/)

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