The New York Times runs an essay contest on the ethics of meat eating. The judges are animal rights advocates and plant-based nutrition gurus. They are all men. Carol J. Adams wrote "The Sexual Politics of Ethics" and questioned the choice of an all male panel. Why wasn't a single female included (Karen Davis, Pattrice Jones, Lauren Ornelas, Erica Meier, Josephine Donovan, Greta Gaard, Lori Gruen, Marla Rose, Laura Wright, Kim Socha, Breeze Harper, Jasmin Singer or Mariann Sullivan for example)? Why not Carol J. Adams ? I looked up from the article. A lot of my own animal rights and plant-based diet role models and heroes are men. Wait, all men. And I hadn't heard of most of these women. Uh oh. There are some thoughtful ideas about " What’s Wrong with Only White Men Judging a Contest Defending Meat-Eating ?" But the source of my "uh oh" was discomfiting de ja vu — when I'm not reading the women I'm missing out. I bought the 2...
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