The Sexual Politics of Meat
Here at meatismurder, the editorial team are always discussing speciesism, because if and when this hurdle is overcome, the systematic abuse and murder of individuals will become a relic of the past, just as other prejudiced behaviour is now looked back on with horror. The author Carol Adams, has highlighted another approach with which to look at speciesism.
The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory explores a relationship between patriarchal values and meat eating by interweaving the insights of feminism, vegetarianism, animal defense, and literary theory. A pioneering book, it is now available Tenth Anniversary Edition. When it first appeared in 1990, Library Journal called The Sexual Politics of Meat “an important and provocative work” and predicted it would “inspire and enrage readers across the political spectrum.” True to Library Journal’s prediction, the book was hailed by CHOICE as a “’bible’ for feminist and progressive animal rights activists” and equally reviled by conservative commentators, including Rush Limbaugh, John Leo, and Cal Thomas as an example of political correctness taken to excess.
