WHY VEGANS DON'T EAT EGGS

I was with friends the other day and they started wondering why I wouldn’t eat eggs; they couldn’t understand why Vegans choose not to eat them as the animal doesn’t get killed and the eggs would be there anyway so no harm is made in the process, right?  Well I guess their response is what I call misconception and lack of knowledge.

In a brief try to educate them I realized that actually none understood what veganism is about. Hiding behind the argument that the hen doesn’t get killed in the egg industry they though Vegans should eat eggs too. This brought up some concern on me as I realized that people is waaaay more uneducated than I thought.

I am going to try to explain to those of you who share opinion with my friends why Vegans choose NOT to eat eggs.

First of all, it’s true that the hen does not get killed –at least during their productive lifespan- in order to get the eggs BUT those animals spend their lives confined in tiny cages not even having a chance to breathe fresh air. So between this and death I couldn’t actually decide which one is worse.

If you say this ain’t evil explain me what is?

Now let me clarify some points to make this explanation a bit easier:

1. Only female chickens (i.e. hens) lay eggs.

2. EGGS ARE HENS’ MENSTRUATION: when a hen hasn’t been fertilized they lay the eggs most people consider food; if they happen to be fertilized chicks are born.

Moving on, hens naturally lay  about 18 eggs per year but due to decades of genetic manipulation and selective breeding, egg industy’s hens produce 250 to 300 eggs per year. In other words, we have modified their bodies up to such unnatural state that it results in high rates of disease and mortality. Forget to mention that it all has been done without any consent/right to do so, of course!

Now let’s think for a moment that hypothetically were woman instead of hens in those cages; doing the math, we all know that women only ovulate 12 times per year so as the greedy hypothetic industry of woman periods doesn’t have enough, they genetically and hormonally modify women’s bodies so that they ovulate every day of their lives!! If you reading this happen to be a woman this might resonate with you as you can easily emphasize with the beings that ARE in this situation; that is because evil is evil no matter who the victim is; there is no difference in the atrocity no matter who it applies on: a hen or a woman.

 

Not to talk about the 6,000,000,000 newborn male chicks 

killed every year as byproduct of the egg industry.

 

So, we have now seen that Vegans do not consume eggs because even though the animal does not get killed their bodies do get modified without any consent and do not enjoy the freedom they naturally deserve; and as I have explained, we CHOOSE to see evil as evil without distinction of who the victim is.

Let’s move on to a much twisted excuse. When saying: well but my grandparents happen to have some hens in their backyard so they take care of the animals by giving them a big natural place to run and be free, those animals have the perfect lives so why not take THEIR eggs in return?

Here is where commodification steps in. “Commodification is the crime as much as killing is.” Veganism is much more than keeping the animal alive; it is much more that giving the animal the happiest of lives. Veganism is about equality, about seeing the animals as if they were humans. In spite of what they have made us believe their bodies are not machines; a hen’s body is not an egg-producing-machine. A computer is a machine, hens are sentiment beings.

The reason your grandparents have hens in their backyard is not unconditional love, it isn’t because they love them and want to selflessly take care of the animals (like domestic animals such as dogs or cats). No, they OWN hens because they WANT SOMETHING FROM them. This is called commodification. Their bodies do not belong to us and neither does what comes out of them. I’m sure people wouldn’t agree to have old hens in their backyards –who don’t lay eggs anymore. This is because they take care of the animals in order to get eggs IN RETURN; which means that they are USING those animals –who, by the way, can be as happy as you want– to get something from them.

So, vegans –or at least ethnical vegans– see animals as sentiment companions who have the same rights and desires as one would and, for so, don’t want to be killed, tortured, caged NOR USED AS AN OBJECT. That is why we not only advocate that the animals don’t suffer or get murdered in behalf of another specie (humankind) but also that they are not seen as commodities or objects.

EATING OR CONSUMING eggs does not apply to those conditions therefore it is unethical, evil and cruel to participate in that no matter how good the hen has been treated in the process.

None of that changes when buying

 from cage free, range free, organic or 

however-you-want-to-name-it

NOTE: Also let me mention that the egg industry –along with the dairy industry- is the highest form of ANTIFEMINISM as it is literally the commodification of the female reproductive process.

I hope this post enlightened you about what you are really collaborating with/paying for when you choose to consume eggs.

Thank you for your time,

Tania.

SOURCES:
- freefromharm.org/eggfacts/
- common sense, empathy and compassion

DESTROYING MEAT EATERS' MOST COMMON EXCUSES

Hey you courious creature! I've compilated some of the most common arguments/excuses that people who consume animal products use against the Vegan lifestyle and argumented them down. The responses are manly based on Gary Yourofsky's "The excuses" speech which I really recommend (I've linked the video down below). I am aware that there are many many many more non-sense statements against Veganism so if you are really bothered by one in particular ask it to me (click here) and I'll try to argument it down for you too. Enough of rambling already so let's get started:

Plants are alive; you kill the plants when you eat them

Let’s start this issue telling you that plants are not doted of a general nervous system such as animals do. Plants do not have a bowel movement and DON’T SHIT. Also, a plant does not have a mother; when was the last time you could differ the members of a “vegetal family”? How about never? You really need to be crazy to think that the broccoli dies when we collect it. Have you ever heard the broccoli scream for its life?  I’m sure not.

But, anyways, even if plants could feel and they died when collecting them, Veganism is still better because by eating animals you have to kill the plant first, in order to feed the animal until it’s big enough and then you kill the animal. By eating directly from plants you trigger less suffering to living beings, so this puts Veganism still ahead.

Animals are here for us to eat them

If you think that humans are special you are missing a point. You don’t really think that the entire animal kingdom worships us? Thinks we are special? Believes that we are the image of God? We are a bunch of bullies, criminals and killers.

Their bodies do not belong to us. Commodification is the crime as much as murder is.

We need meat to get protein

Unless you plan on starving yourself to death it is impossible to not get enough protein in a Vegan diet. You couldn’t even do it if you tried because all plants have protein even fruit has around 5% of protein, nuts and seeds and beans and lentils have plenty of protein. And by the way, beans and lentils have 25% of protein. So the misconception about eating meat to get the protein is nothing else than that: a misconception!

Humane killing

Let me tell you that straight: there is no such thing as humane killing, or humane slaughter, or humane rape. If I told you there is a place in Thailand where they humanly raped kids for the child porn industry; you know, they have a big backyard to play every day for six glorious hours in between the rapes, would you support it? I don’t think so. Is that because rape is always evil no matter how it is being done?

There is no right way to kill someone who doesn’t want to be killed.

God says it’s okay

If your excuse is to say that God put all animals in this planet to be our slaves you have a really twisted conception of God. Because if you think that such things as slaughterhouses (house-of-slaughter!!!!!) are approved in the eyes of the Great divine; so that we can cut off the heads off his terrified animals. If you think that he doesn’t mind that we steel newborn babies from their mothers, or cut their horns and beaks and tales and teeth off while they’re fully conscious, then what does de DEVIL do?????? What could a cow, a pig, a chicken or a turkey ever do to deserve the wrath of Got himself?

               

We are carnivores

Comparing the human body to other’s carnivores and omnivores we can spot some huge interesting differences to prove that we are by all means herbivores. For instance, the length of intestines in humans and herbivores falls between 7 to 13 times the length of the torso section of the body while the length of intestines in carnivores/omnivores is only 3 to 6 times. Also, the lower jaw moves from side to side –and the food is grinded and chewed- in the mouths of herbivorous. The jaws of animal meat eaters only move up and down, vertically and they don’t chew, just rip an swallow. Also humans sweat through their pores to cool down unlike dogs, cats or lions –who pant.

We have canines

Hippos have the largest canines of all animals and they’re 100% herbivores.

Veganism is expensive

Since when did bananas and apples and carrots and cucumbers and potatoes and broccoli and tofu and barley become more expensive than meat, milk, cheese, eggs and honey? There are some pricey vegan things out there, hell YES!, blueberries are 4€ a package but you can get 4 bananas for 1€. Veganism is actually one of the cheapest “diets” out there if you stick to the basics (i.e: lentils, rice, potatoes, pasta, veggies,…….).

Watch Gary's speech here.

Much love,

Tània