While I would agree, in my experience growing up in various places in the
US and Canada, that most people showing cruelty are male, there have been
a number of women too. As to inability to properly (humanely) slaughter
an animal - reminds me of a recent cartoon depicting a world where you had
to personally slaughter the animals you ate (with knives and suchlike).
This also brings up the question of people who eat kosher meats - do many
people understand the exact methods used?
I guess I would say that it's not something women don't do, but _rarely_
do, and non-violence is definitely ecofeminist (just as the early
suffragettes promoted the ideal of the woman voter, even if not all women
voters fit that exact mold).
William
> On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Kylie Matthews wrote:
> > >Yes, I too have seen animals slaughtered. And I have seen men take
> > >sledge hammers and hit a steer -many- times in the head trying to kill
> > >him.
> >
> > And I see women all the time whose men have taken (maybe not sledge
> > hammers but whatevers handy) and beat them senseless, but sometimes the
> > mercy in killing is 20 years on.
> >
> > I have also heard tales of men who bury cats in the lawn and run over their
> > heads with lawn mowers.
> >
> > There IS a theme here. WE must take a stand against violence. This is an
> > ecofeminist issue. Feminism is an ecological issue. What causes this
> > violence is an ecofem issue.
> >
> > Say no to violence on TV and movies. Say no to capital punishment. Do not
> > hit your children as you are showing them that with power, violence is ok.
> >
> > Research into why men and not women commit these atrocities (mostly) would
> > be valuable.
> >
> > Kylie
> >
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