To ask if you wear silk?

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You know when you 'know' something but don't really acknowledge it or think about it?

Watching David Attenborough today and silk worms were on it...

What the fuck? Don't think I own anything silk anyway at the moment but certainly won't be buying any!

The process of silk production is known as sericulture.[51] The entire production process of silk can be divided into several steps which are typically handled by different entitiesclarification neededd^]. Extracting raw silk starts by cultivating the silkworms on mulberry leaves. Once the worms start pupating in their cocoons, these are dissolved in boiling water in order for individual long fibres to be extracted and fed into the spinning reel.

No,I hate the feel of it

Gross, I didn't realise. I had a silk shirt from a charity shop once, but otherwise have never worn/owned it.

What show was this?

That’s horrible. I thought the silk came from the cocoon after the worm had left it :/

These are silkworms ?

Do we even know if they feel pain etc?

Silk is very cruel, crueller than leather or fur in my opinion, but I only really had awareness about this in the past five years or so.

I have a silk shirt that was bought as a gift, I knew at the time how silk is made, which I don’t like the idea of. But, it’s a really nice shirt.

Oh 😕 that’s the end of silk for me then ☹️ Poor silk worms, I had no idea.

I disagree it's more cruel than leather or fur. Those animals very definitely feel pain, form groups and socialise.

But silkworms (not a worm at all but a moth) is an insect. I definitely don't feel the same about insects as I do about animals.

They're worms. Isn't this a bit like being upset about killing the bacteria in your loo? The aphids on your tomatoes?

I've never worn silk for this reason. I don't know if its on a par with leather but the workers do eat the silkworms once they are steamed out of their silk cocoons < boak .

They need to unravel the thread before it breaks out otherwise they don't get the long strands .

Though is silk ethically better than synethic? At least it can degrade ?

No different to killing slugs on the allotment

There is freedom silk and Stella McCartney now makes 'real' silk synthetically. So it can be cruelty free.

I don't wear silk as I don't like the feel of it but I've no real problem with how it's made.

While pupating the worm more or less dissolves and reassembles as a moth. So not exactly sentient.

Being snuffed out by being plunged into boiling water while dreaming its wormy dreams would be a quick death.

I'll continue to wear silk.

That's gross! I don't wear silk. I was once given a very pretty silk blouse when I was young. It looked great, but I didn't like the feel. I pretty much live in cotton and things like viscose.

I don't see why silk should be singled out as uniquely cruel. As if insecticides weren't used for cotton cultivation....and far more cotton is produced than silk.

To say nothing of the damage to the environment and wildlife caused in the manufacture of synthetics like polyester: www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/20/microfibers-plastic-pollution-oceans-patagonia-synthetic-clothes-microbeads

If you care about wildlife and the environment, buy less clothing, buy ethically produced (organic cotton, wild silk) and/or buy it secondhand.

I have a couple of bits and will wear them as long as they are wearable and fit me.
What am I supposed to do? Give to charity shop for others to wear , or bin?