>Dear Kylie and other list members--I'm so happy to be back on this list
>again! For about a year now I have received no messages from this list,
>altho from time to time I would get an indication that an occasional post
>of mine got thru to it. Our system just had a hardware upgrade, and
>I imagine that's what did it--now it's letting ecofem in again. (At least
>one other list mysteriously vanished for me back in June, and it's back
>now, too. Anyone else had this kind of problem?)
>
>Anyway, in response to this string, I'd like to share the title of a new
>book I just got in the mail yesterday--_Animals & Women_, edited by Carol
>Adams and Josephine Donovan, Duke University Press, 1995. It includes a
>chapter by Carol Adams, "Woman-Battering and Harm to Animals," one called
>"License to Kill: An Ecofeminist Critique of Hunters' Discourse" by Marti
>Kheel, and many others that sound very good. So far, from what I've read,
>the book looks GREAT. I'd be interested in hearing from any others on the
>list who have already read it, or who have further thoughts on these
>issues.
>
>
>Ronnie Hawkins
>
>
>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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>>
>>
>>
Hi! My name is Sheri and I am new as all of this, and I totally agree with
you concerning the issues of violence on TV and movies. I heard on the
radio this morning aboutthe issue of The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and
how little kids who watch this TV show will actually mimic the Power
Rangers by kicking, hitting, or abusing other kids. Also, they are trying
to tell the parents that they need to restrict their children from watching
these violent shows and "block it out" on their TV. What do you think of
the Power Rangers? Is it all that it's cracked up to be?
Sheri
Sheri Sklar
East Brunswick High School
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