Menagerie

Photographs and text by

Rachel Graves

Bird 2, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Bird 1, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Bitch 2, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Fox 1, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Fox 2, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Cat 1, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Lamb 2, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Cat 2, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Bitch 1, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves

Lamb 1, from the series Menagerie, © 2007 by Rachel Graves
There is an inextricable link between the domination and exploitation of women, and the domination and exploitation of animals.

Animals and women are objectified in similar ways: from the mass media fantasy images of impossibly proportioned women and happy cartoon cows and chickens, to the animal names and insults directed toward women.

Women are called foxes, bitches, birds, lambs — domestic and game animals. If men are compared to animals at all they are wolves, bears, stallions — symbols of strength and power.

— Rachel Graves  
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