Carol Adams

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Carol J. Adams (born 10 May 1951) is a vegan feminist and ecofeminist writing about feminism and vegetarianism. Best known for her first book The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, she teaches at the Perkins School of Theology, Dallas.

Her first book The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory discusses how, especially in times of shortage, women often give men the meat that they perceive to be the "best" food, to the detriment of the nutrition of themselves and their children. She also discusses the connections between feminism and vegetarianism, and patriarchy and meat eating, historically and through the reading of literary texts. This describes what she calls the "structure of the absent referent, [...] which separates the meat eater from the animal and the animal from the end product."

She is the author of several other books including Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook. This book advises vegetarians to ask if they are at peace with their own vegetarianism and provides communication skills for avoiding abuse while dining with meat-eating friends, family, and coworkers who may be hostile.

Her book The Pornography of Meat explores her thesis that United States culture conflates women and meat by analyzing the verbal and visual imagery of that culture.

Adams is very active in the pro-choice movement. She has often been the focus of anti-abortion groups such as Operation Rescue^{[citation needed]}. Adams believes that abortion rights are integral to a woman's self-determination.

Adams has critiqued Christianity as a patriarchal religion^{[citation needed]}. She is a member of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, TX and is married to the Reverend Bruce Buchanan. They have a son, and a daughter-in-law named Kelly.