On "Pets" and "Its"
Animal Person
MARCH 18, 2010
All animals except the dog are called "it" (I did a little experiment to see what would happen). We need language that doesn't support a divide between "pet" animals and everyone else. Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism. Meanwhile, the lizard has a male name so you'd think he'd be called "he."
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