We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat markets, zoos, laboratories, and circuses, and through our language. That we refer to meat eating rather… — 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
