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By: ‘Carnivore’ Pride « The Discerning Brute

‘Carnivore’ Pride « The Discerning Brute — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:26:05 +0000

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By: joshuakatcher

joshuakatcher — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:57:26 +0000

al, I think you have a good point. We live in a male-dominated culture. Patriarchy is celebrated and encouraged in almost every aspect of our society. Men are encouraged to enjoy these things because it becomes what defines them. Women are not necessarily defined by these things or held up to the same mode of behavior (fortunately or unfortunately).

However – I do strongly believe that women are less violent than men. Statistically speaking, murderers, rapists, serial killers, war mongers, abusers, etc are overwhelmingly male. If we lived in a matriarchal society i have a feeling there’d be a lot less animal abuse (but this is just speculation). Thoughts?

By: al

al — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:15:27 +0000

i think women participate in and enjoy animal cruelty just as much as men do, they just aren’t celebrated for it, so you don’t see them. i mean, there are lots of women at those redwings games. i don’t think it’s that men enjoy those things more, i think it is more that they are encouraged to enjoy them.

re: sports. i did the same thing. i thought, ‘i’m a tomboy, i should like sports’ and i picked the oakland a’s because i really liked green at the time. but i quickly realized i really just don’t like sports. well, most sports.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:02:47 +0000

Oh gosh – please tell me that the squid is already dead when they do that – it makes me ill. I grew up in the country surrounded by hunters and ranchers and cattle and sheep and animals being killed and enslaved all around me.

I never knew what to make of it and I always thought it was wrong – from the beginning. The world is full of cruelty and war and maybe that is just how the majority of men are at this point in human history.

I know there will be a future when we will look at the slavery of non-human animals just as we look at the slavery of humans today. That day cannot come soon enough and I hope that every day I do something to hasten its arrival.

By: troy

troy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:52:49 +0000

I have never managed to figure this out for myself. The best I can think of is that we’re raised to have a hard heart, and the hard heart can’t take in subtle truths.

My Dad still goes fishing, and frees the fish. But after many years, I think he’s starting to feel guilty about it!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:22:05 +0000

wow. I’m so glad that other dudes have to deal with this feeling of being marginalized from their own sex. more power to you.