Intersections of Oppression: "But what about when boys call me 'foxy'?

thetrollking · 2011-05-12T14:24:54+00:00

I am not kidding. I have had more than one teacher reference a few books about animal ethics in classes. I looked up one book and the basic argument was that oppression exists on a spectrum with misogyny on one end and cruelty to animals on the other. In another paper I read about they looked at micheal vick and cock fights and hypermasculine cultures of oppression and yadda yadda.

The comments on this article are awesome:

48 Sophia 5.10.2011 at 4:11 pm Wow, Feministe. Just…wow.

I am as disgusted by the above conversation as I am by misogynists calling each other btch, pssy, or f*ggot.

Oh wait, these are offensive terms, you say? You might argue that the relevant issue here is that people can understand the words being said to them, while animals cannot. But words do indeed shape the world around us – when “b*tch” is an insult also equated with female, women are not seen as worthy of concern. Likewise, when “vermin” is used to refer to something that exterminators get rid off, we are blinded to the deaths of mice, rats, and foxes. Language does not cause violence, but it’s a pretty effective enabler. I think you’ll give me that much, fellow feminists.

I’m a feminist vegetarian who USED to be an avid reader of Feministe. Now I’ve seen your true colors. As a feminist, I stand against ALL systems that cause harm. How on earth can you, as advocates of the rights of females, ignore the suffering of female dogs in puppy mills who are repeatedly raped and have their pups taken from them? Or cows who are stuffed full of hormones and have their udders hooked up to machines? The amount of animal abuse and animal killing in the world is horrendous, and I read your comments as excusing it.

I don’t think the ethicists who proposed these languages changes (they represent a small subset of animal ethicists, I can tell you that much) are entirely right. But I am SHOCKED at your ignorant reactions to them.

ycombinator · 2011-05-12T22:50:36+00:00

I see Feminism as part of a larger "Anti-Oppression" culture. Western culture is rather masochistic. We hate white people, even though most of us are, we hate men, even though a lot of us are, we hate technology, even though all of us benefit from us, we hate western philosophy and politics, even though the alternatives seem to be dictatorship and communism.

This is especially true of "the Left", although it is by no means unique to them, and I'm sick of it. This is all bullshit. Fuck Animals. They should be our slaves because, quite frankly, they're not human enough.

2011-05-12T18:08:28+00:00

I feel like you didn't even read the article.

ycombinator · 2011-05-12T22:44:30+00:00

Your name does not help the credibility of this submission.

Title	Intersections of Oppression: "But what about when boys call me 'foxy'?
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	5
Comments	10
Date	May 12, 2011 2:21 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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