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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Do some reading about milk production. Rape is actually part of the process.

Perhaps the most unpleasant fact to consider about cows’ milk destined for human consumption is that it almost certainly required a heifer’s forced impregnation. Female cows are strapped to a rack (common slang often refers to the device as a “rape rack”) and inseminated with semen stored in a massive syringe. There are 9 million dairy cows in the United States.  Nearly every one of them suffers immensely from the results of this experience.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

This had me go from

milk = rape 🤨

to

milk = rape 😮

However, I'm also reading artificial insemination for dairy cattle reduces chance of injury from large bulls jumping on smaller heifers & minimizes stress on the heifer's body. The source adds it reduces risk of genital diseases that cause sterility. Can a heifer consent to breeding bull or artificial insemination? In principle, that's possible, but I don't think we can in practice positively know.

It may suffice to treat animals humanely, and I see an argument that artificial insemination is more humane for dairy cattle than insemination by breeding bull. I'm not sure it's in the best interest of heifers to inseminate only by breeding bull if it results in more injuries (and may also amount to rape for all we know).

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 2 weeks ago

that's not rape