âWomen are described in animal terms as pets, cows, sows, foxes, chicks, serpents, bitches, beavers, old bats, old hens, mother hens, pussycats, cats, cheetahs, bird-brains, and hare-brainsâŚâMother Natureâ is raped, mastered, conquered, mined; her secrets are âpenetrated,â her âwombâ is to be put into the service of the âman of science.â Virgin timber is felled, cut down; fertile soil is tilled, and land that lies âfallowâ is âbarren,â useless. The exploitation of nature and animals is justified by feminizing them; the exploitation of women is justified by naturalizing them.â