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Consider the image on the cover of the first edition of Neither Man nor Beast (p. iv): A cow shaped as a slim, human female body. 1 Unlike beasts—conventionally defined as quadrupeds—this animal has successfully become bipedal. Thus, this image is neither man nor beast. Nor, interestingly, is she of any specific race. Combining human femaleness with cow femaleness while underemphasizing the udders or breasts glorifies the anorexic, human female body. It also imposes a sexualized element onto our picturing of cows. This image accompanied an article in the New York Times on a low-fat, lowcholesterol ground “beef.” Beef, of course, can come from cows or steers. 2 The emphasis on differences between humans and animals not only reinforces fierce boundaries about what constitutes humanness, but particularly what constitutes manhood. That which traditionally defined humans from animals—qualities …