NYU Gender Studies Dept. paper: milking cows is like sexual abuse

In a feeble attempt to appear academically relevant, the New York University's Women's and Gender Studies program published a paper claiming that milking cows is comparable to "sexual abuse," "emotional trauma related to pregnancy," and "nonconsensual hormone treatments," as reported by Celine Ryan for Campus Reform. I'm not kidding.

The paper, “Readying the Rape Rack: Feminism and the Exploitation of Non-Human Reproductive Systems,” contained a lot of big words, polysyllabics, and impressed the hell out of Dissenting Voices. It was published and edited by the Women's Gender Studies program at the College at Brockport State University of New York.

Ryan notes that the author, an apparently troubled intern for Brockport's Women's Studies Department, asserts that she must discuss the “under-researched” “feminist aspects of animal agriculture,” adding, “the same way women’s health has been at stake for years, a dairy cow’s reproductive system has been poked and prodded.”

"Hey, you got a problem with that?"

In response to the study, socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wondered if the study didn't go far enough. She suggested the study include data supporting the idea that bovine sexual abuse leads to increased flatulation due to a withholding of anxiety in cows, thus further damaging the ozone layer causing the planet to heat and "have a funny smell."

The study author writes: 

“Throughout our lives, we are offered an idealized image of dairy cows where these animals graze on beautiful pastures, have room to sow and play, and are comforted in spacious areas in which to sleep. We are presented with images of a life well lived, but when it comes to the deaths of those same animals, the picture perfect story comes to a grim reality.”

Sadly, the author's commentary did not include the bull, although it contained plenty of it in the writing.

The paper insanely continues: 

“The outdated stereotype about women being caretakers and most importantly child bearers remains consistent in the dairy industry, especially when we take into account the means through which these animals are exploited. A few brief examples include rape or sexual assault, nonconsensual hormone treatments, and emotional trauma related to pregnancy. Dairy cows are forcibly impregnated, or raped, in order to constantly produce milk for humans to consume. 

“The dairy industry is a host for sexbased discrimination. It is a site where sexual assault and objectification based on biological makeup are highly prevalent but ignored as we choose to neglect non-humans with whom we share a planet.

“While we fight against the sexual abuse of women, why are we still allowing the same treatment to be thrust upon other living bodies when there are other, more sustainable ways to live that do not involve harming millions of female bodies? With simple lifestyle changes that promote reproductive justice towards animals available to many, why are we picking and choosing which pots of capitalism, sexism, and patriarchy to stir, when we could dismantle it all?”

Women who research in the field of gender studies and believe cows are being sexually mistreated and objectified due to their gender, need to get out more, maybe meet someone and have crazy monkey sex.

People have been drinking milk for thousands of years that includes not only cow's milk, but also goat's milk, water buffalo, sheep, camel, donkey, horse, reindeer and even the lowly yak's milk.

Oh, and quit anthropomorphizing.


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