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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38122
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
2016-05
43 pages
eng
Kris, Erica Kelly
McGregor, Joan
Botham, Thad
School of Social Transformation
School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
Barrett, The Honors College
Understanding the connection between different forms of oppression is relevant both in the political movement for animal rights and the political movements for social justice and human equality. I argue that sexism, racism, and speciesism intersect in such a way that each form of oppression depends on and mutually reinforces the others. In the struggle for justice, inequalities cannot be compartmentalized and the approach cannot be single issue because leaving groups behind means leaving the oppressive systems intact, perpetuating all forms of oppression, and undermining the efforts of each campaign. By recognizing sexism, racism, and speciesism as inextricably linked, each movement can be made more successful by approaching inequality as a bundled political problem instead of as distinct and independent forms of injustice.
Intersectionality
Sexism
Racism
Speciesism
Bridging the Human-Animal Gap: the Intersection of Sexism, Racism, and Speciesism