Perhaps we give animal stories to children and encourage their interest in animals because we see children as inferior, mentally “primitive,” not yet fully human: so we see pets and zoos and animal stories as “natural” steps on the child’s way up to adult, exclusive humanity—rungs

Women too have been declared to be inferior to men; we know what it is to be afraid, and to be hunted. It’s only natural, then, that we should closely identify with animals, and embrace them as allies and as teachers on our journey. But with that kinship comes responsibility, and so perhaps it is time to reclaim our ancient role as Mistress of the

Over two thousand years later, in 1966, the University of Chicago held a symposium on primitive hunter-gatherer societies.…

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