>Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 11:48:43 -0500
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sheri Sklar)
>To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Abuse of women and animals
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>>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
>>>
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>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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Sheri Sklar
East Brunswick High School
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