Since women have been made subsidiary in a...

Since women have been made subsidiary in a male-dominated, meat-eating world, so has our food. The foods associated with second-class citizens are considered to be second-class protein. Just as it is thought a woman cannot make it on her own, so we think that vegetables cannot make a meal on their own, despite the fact that meat is only secondhand vegetables and vegetables provide, on the average, more than twice the vitamins and minerals of meat. Meat is upheld as a powerful, irreplaceable item of food. The message is clear: the vassal vegetable should content itself with its aligned place and not attempt to dethrone king meat. After all, how can one enthrone women’s foods when women cannot be kings?

—Carol J. Adams - Meat Is King, The Sexual Politics of Meat (via nightmaresforaweek)