宣傳素食主義最引起許多朋友反彈的地方就在於：貌似對於人們個人事務進行干涉，而現代社會中以開明進步自居的朋友，在嚴守個人與公共領域分界線的地方往往都是斬釘截鐵不留情面的。但是，女性主義的一個重大貢獻就是，發現個人與公共領域的分界線可能並非是不可跨越的鴻溝，在傳統認為專屬個人的領域中存在非常重大的政治問題，必須要接受理性的批判和審查。

Greta Gaard  在

Vegetarian Ecofeminism
A Review Essay

Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 23.3 (2002) 117-146

中寫道：

As Lynda Birke explains, "One of the strengths of feminist thought is that it is never 'just' about women: it is a critical discourse that tends to ask uncomfortable questions about everything." Vegetarian ecofeminism puts into action the feminist insight that "the personal is political" and examines the political contexts of dietary choices as well as strategic and operational choices in science and economics.

對素食主義干涉個人自由感到不爽的朋友，也許有必要讀一下這篇文章哦！

23.3gaard.pdf