Anarchism and Animal Liberation : Essays on Complementary Elements of Total Liberation by Nocella II Anthony J.; White Richard J.; Cudworth Erika

Author:Nocella II, Anthony J.; White, Richard J.; Cudworth, Erika
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2015-07-27T04:00:00+00:00

Toward a Narrative Against Reproductive Tyranny

Given the present power structure, the real question is: Should the machine (the woman) be the one to decide whether, or how often, or with what materials, it goes into production? Obviously not. Machine owners can say this openly when they speak of cows. A cow is “basically a machine” that must “produce this marketable product or unit every year.” Few of us feel horror at this view of our sister animals [Corea, 1985, p. 27–28].

Reproductive tyranny over female bodies is the foundation on which animal agriculture relies. It is because of artificial insemination, embryo transfers, forced molting, hormone injections, heat cycle monitoring and other related management practices that cows, hens, turkeys, ewes and other animals become and remain part of the flesh-food system. Given the limited scope of this essay, I cannot give a full account of the multiple reproductive technologies used on farmed female animals and the impact each technology has on their bodies. Instead I will concentrate on the use of artificial insemination in cows as an example of oppression that does not need to fit the common suffering narrative.

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