The personal is political:
feminism and antispecism
Keywords:
feminism, antiespecism, discriminationAbstract
This article claims that endorsing the well-known feminist slogan “the personal is political”, consistently and without a speciesist bias, expands the scope of our moral obligations to include nonhuman animals. It proceeds by examining the structural similarities between sexism and speciesism, in particular regarding discrimination, inequality and oppression, as well as by discussing their role in the construction of cisheteropatriarchal masculinity. It concludes that both forms of discrimination should be rejected. Moreover, the article assesses ecofeminism’s answer to these problems and claims that it is incompatible with the aims that should be pursued from an antispeciesist feminist view. Finally, it explores the practical implications that follow from endorsing “the personal is political” beyond the human species, considering in particular classical feminist topics such as erotic-affective relationships and procreation.
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