We are currently engaged in an existential species war against nonhuman animals. This book argues that, during this war, nonhuman animals should be granted legal personhood and treated as protected persons rather than the property of protected persons. The main argument is that War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity rape, forced pregnancy and other acts of sexual violence are being committed within the meat, egg and dairy industries.
Avoiding dreaded comparisons, the book explores shared
sources of oppression between human and nonhuman animals who are subject to the expressions and consequences of reproductive violence. It asks: what drives and facilitates the war against nonhuman animals? And what are the global consequences of this war? Throughout, it demonstrates how racism, sexism, and speciesism informs both intrahuman violence and the violence(s) of the animal-industrial complex. Ultimately the book asks us to reconsider what it means to be human.
Stacy Banwellis Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Greenwich, UK. Her research addresses the gendered impact of war and armed conflict. She is currently writing a book onClimate Change and Atrocity Crimes.
Chapter 1: Introduction - The war against nonhuman animals.- Chapter 2: Granting nonhuman animal legal personhood: the implications for human and nonhuman animals.- Chapter 3: Assaults on fertility and motherhood: Gendered reproductive violence and reproductive coercion against human and nonhuman animals- Chapter 4: Male-directed conflict-related sexual and reproductive violence against human and nonhuman animals.- Chapter 5: The nature, motivations and consequences of the animal-industrial complex.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.
