Muriel Schwenck
Beloved Curmudgeon
Recently, it was banning beef on a university campus for climate control, but let's not forget about the sexual exploitation of dairy cows!!
I don't know how comprehensive this paper is, but goats and ewes are valuable for commercial milk production. I hope our despairing feminist vegan SJW has not forgotten about those poor exploited creatures.
Also, while she bemoans the slaughter of barren dairy cows, does she address the fact that every male calf born of a dairy cow is slaughtered for veal unless it is that rare beast qualified to become a breeding bull?
How does almost total slaughter of young males rank in the violence and gender oppression Victim Competition?
NY univ. promotes paper comparing cow insemination to 'rape,' milking cows to 'sexual abuse'
The author argues that in order to be a true advocate for feminism, one must consider the commodification of a dairy cow's reproductive rights.
www.campusreform.org
Aug 15, 2019
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Titled “Readying the Rape Rack: Feminism and the Exploitation of Non-Human Reproductive Systems,”the paper was published Friday in a journal called Dissenting Voices, which is published and edited by the Women’s and Gender Studies program at the College at Brockport State University of New York.
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According to the publication, “the dairy industry is a host for sex-based discrimination,” and a “site where sexual assault and objectification based on biological makeup are highly prevalent but ignored as we choose to neglect non- humans with whom we share a planet.”
The paper argues that “in order to fully fight gendered oppression,” society must also address the plight of dairy cows, which it asserts are “still subjects to sex-based discrimination and violence,” despite their voices being “not always lifted or comprehensible.”
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But author Mackenzie April, an intern [LMAO] for Brockport's Women's Studies Department, goes further than the assertion that milk is bad for humans, by claiming that the practice of dairy farming “also supports and exemplifies the degrading way in which we treat female bodies and reproductive health,” adding that she hopes the publication will inspire feminists and other “social justice”-minded individuals to “incorporate non-human bodies into their own feminist perspectives.”
“If we are going to argue fairly for the rights of all beings in a world soured with sex and gender-based oppression, then dairy cows deserve to be taken into account when discussing issues of reproductive women’s health,” April, who then compares barren female cattle to human women who choose not to have children, writes.
“If women do not choose to become mothers, they are shamed. If a female cow is incapable of successfully bearing a calf, they are sent away for slaughter. Their reproductive system is useless, therefore, they, as a being, are useless,” April notes, arguing that this is indicative of a “double standard,” as civilized society would cringe at the thought of murdering women once they become infertile.
“The outdated stereotype about women being caretakers and most importantly child-bearers remains consistent in the dairy industry, especially when we take into account the means through which these animals are exploited,” April argues, pointing specifically to the insemination of cattle, which she compares to “rape,” the milking of cows, which she compares to "sexual abuse," “emotional trauma related to pregnancy,” and “nonconsensual hormone treatments.”
April encourages readers to attempt to “place the importance of animals’ lives as equal to your own,” and address the plight of dairy cows “similar to how you might validate and advocate for the struggles of women that you personally do not endure due to the privilege of race, gender, class, etc.”
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I don't know how comprehensive this paper is, but goats and ewes are valuable for commercial milk production. I hope our despairing feminist vegan SJW has not forgotten about those poor exploited creatures.
Also, while she bemoans the slaughter of barren dairy cows, does she address the fact that every male calf born of a dairy cow is slaughtered for veal unless it is that rare beast qualified to become a breeding bull?
How does almost total slaughter of young males rank in the violence and gender oppression Victim Competition?
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