Submitted by adam (not verified) on Tue, 2009-08-18 09:45.
Cock- and Dog-fighting are excellent examplesof intersectionality between speciesism, male chauvinism, and social inequalities.
As is explored in the paper "Dogfighting: Symbolic Expression and Validation of Masculinity", the authors argue "this sport represent symbolic attempts at attaining and maintaining honor and status... pursuit of symbolic masculinity through dogfighting is more important to working-class men, who possess fewer alternative avenues for achieving status than do middle-class or professional men"
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/sers/1998/00000039/F0020011/00292054
Lisa Wade wrote an excellent article on the intersections between male privilege, animal abuse and the policing of nonhuman and black male bodies: "pit bulls are serving the same function for people like Vick that people like Vick are serving for the rest of America: the dog and the man are both ways to prove that men are bigger, stronger, and meaner than women (and other men)."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-wade/the-secret-brotherhood-be_b_67225.html
Cock- and Dog-fighting are excellent examplesof intersectionality between speciesism, male chauvinism, and social inequalities.
As is explored in the paper "Dogfighting: Symbolic Expression and Validation of Masculinity", the authors argue "this sport represent symbolic attempts at attaining and maintaining honor and status... pursuit of symbolic masculinity through dogfighting is more important to working-class men, who possess fewer alternative avenues for achieving status than do middle-class or professional men"
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/sers/1998/00000039/F0020011/00292054
Lisa Wade wrote an excellent article on the intersections between male privilege, animal abuse and the policing of nonhuman and black male bodies: "pit bulls are serving the same function for people like Vick that people like Vick are serving for the rest of America: the dog and the man are both ways to prove that men are bigger, stronger, and meaner than women (and other men)."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-wade/the-secret-brotherhood-be_b_67225.html