Feminists for Animal Rights non-profit national educational organization dedicated to ending all forms of abuse against women, animals and the earth. Welcome to our online exploration of the interconnections between the exploitation of women and animals and how you can help bring about a more caring society for all.



Feminists for Animal Rights is dedicated to ending all forms of abuse against women and animals. Because exploitation of women and animals derives from the same patriarchal mentality, FAR attempts to expose the connections between sexism and speciesism whenever and wherever we can. We feel that the common denominator in the lives of women and animals is violence - either real or threatened - and we work in nonviolent ways to change that.

FAR attempts to raise the consciousness of the feminist community, the animal rights community and the general public about the connections between the objectification, exploitation and abuse of women and animals in patriarchal society. As ecofeminists, we are concerned about cultural and racial injustice and the devaluation and destruction of nature and the earth. We view patriarchy as a system of hierarchical domination, a system which works for the powerful and willing against the powerless and unwilling.



FAR is dedicated to the promotion of vegetarianism because we believe the feminist precept that the personal is political. We feel that it is not enough to claim an abstract respect for animals; we must show that respect in our daily lives as well. As Carol Adams states, not eating the flesh of dead animals is one way of "putting feminism into action." We are vegan in our orientation because we think it is desirable, however difficult, to work towards the elimination of all products derived from or tested on animals - in our food, clothing, household products, and so on.