The meat industry profits off the objectification of animals and women from "summary" of The Sexual Politics of Meat (20th Anniversary Edition) by Carol J. Adams
The meat industry profits off the objectification of animals and women by reducing living beings to mere objects to be consumed. This objectification serves to devalue their lives and bodies, turning them into commodities for profit. Animals are treated as nothing more than products to be raised, slaughtered, and processed for human consumption, while women are often depicted in meat advertisements in ways that reduce them to sexualized body parts, reinforcing harmful stereotypes and perpetuating a culture of exploitation. The parallel between the objectification of animals and women in the meat industry is not a coincidence. Both are seen as inferior and disposable, existing solely for the pleasure and consumption of others. By perpetuating this cycle of objectification, the meat industry reinforces opp...
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