If anyone had second thoughts about being vegetarian is not sexy, hot, feisty and titillating… think again..!!!
WARNING NSFW
PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) is about to launch its own porn website to promote awareness about Veganism and Vegetarianism. The prequel to this bold yest retarded move happened during 2011 Superbowl when PETA launched its “Veggie Lover” commercial. It has a bunch of hot women (appearing as though they are auditioning for a Porno ad/casting couch) playing with vegetables instead of conventional things you usually can obtain from MENARDS, Adult shops etc.
Looking at the ad and the manner in which these steamy hot women play with vegetables, one may never again eat a vegetable. Though I am vegetarian and I support vegetarianism and softporn (but not together), this ad can be viewed as blatantly hypocritical and sexist depending on the viewer. On one hand, PETA asks people to avoid meat/killing of animals and on the other hand they just treat the women in the commercial as pieces of meat.
PETA has a long history of promoting being a vegetarian through number of controversial ways. Some time back PETA launched the anti fur campaign which had a host of celebrities go nude with a slogan “Fur? I`d rather go naked rather,”. Celebrities ranging from George Clooney`s ex, to Pam Anderson to Playboy models to Khloe Kardashian stripped in against wearing fur. I also find it amazing that PETA could just manage some reality TV skanks and tramps to voice for their campaign and it predominantly caters to the male appetite (food and sexual appetite). Instead of promoting the benefits of high % vegetable diet with medical , dietary facts, PETA choose the sexual route. 7/10 men would just watch the ad to indulge in self abuse rather than consciously put efforts to avoid animal cruelty or avoid animal products.
Some of the other edgy and racy ads promoting vegetarinism:
More can be found here, here and here . The women`s rights group on the other hand are up in arms touting these ads as misusing women to push PETA` propaganda. Even the feminist group views on PETA are hypocritical. Sex/Porn sells anytime, anywhere and it is not a 21st century ideology or movement for the feminist group to go bonkers about it. If they had issues in women being misused, they should first protest to close down all strip clubs or anything that comes under the wing of the multi-billion dollar sex industry across the globe. PETA which is positioning itself as the champion of animal rights causes, itself is tainted of killing thousands of animals at their shelter in Virginia. Also the pseudo left free style feminist movement miss the point which PETA is actually trying to say and they just want to cling to the sexist nature of the ad and grab attention as always or just to show their presence. This a classic case of “the end justifies the means” kind of a situation. Should women be disrespected just because the cause is noble, NO!! Is the ad actually disrespecting women, NO!! I just think that PETA wants to show how women enjoy and like their own body/skin without the need for animal skin/fur clothing. It is not celebratory or emancipating but I do not feel it is out rightly disrespecting the women. I feel that the women are being used in a similar fashion which you can find in other industries such as stripping, escorts, pornos etc.
At the end of the day one gets the feeling that there is no transparency and legitimacy from people who support and oppose PETA. This appears just another way for so called self proclaimed activists/agents of change etc to use common people for their own agenda. Just like the saying goes, charity starts at home, it would be wise from PETA end to clean up their closet before putting out soft porno commercials in the name of promoting vegetarianism. The opponents also should think that from the big picture point of view, killing an animal for dinner or wearing their fur come under the same umbrella. Also, I believe being Vegan/Vegetarian is a personal choice just like religion, sexual orientation etc. The feminist bandwagon should not jump at the slightest opportunity to term anything as sexist by nature just because they do not resonate with the main cause. I do believe that there is a darker side to the exotic fashion industry or even the mainstream market that manufactures animal skin products ranging from coats, shoes, bags,and accessories etc. PETAs opinion on using animals for medical research is not very clear and there seems to be a very thin line between using animals and misusing animals and this really depends on the cause and the manner in which it was done. It is very easy to paint something black or white but understanding the spectrum between is very important and it depends on the proponents/opponents and it is becoming more obvious that both of them are not doing a fairly good job. It is in the best interest of PETAs image to stick with its main theme and not digress into using sex or sexuality to promote awareness and the feminists should focus on other important things.
Animal rights and feminism are strongly connected. Check out The Sexual Politics of Meat. It’s the big picture to all the details you wrote about.
Posted by chelsarrr | December 21, 2011, 11:44 PMAre they connected simply because of the manner in which PETA objectified women and their sexuality? If thats the case, why do these celebrities even pose for PETA? I still am missing the strong connection between feminism and the animal rights movement.
Posted by Seshadri | December 22, 2011, 12:10 AMBasically, the author makes reference to the patriarchal society that we live in: white men eat meat and fuck many women. Woman and other minorities are “lesser” on in the social hierarchy, and are treated and exploited as such.
Check out this review of the book: http://www.ivu.org/books/reviews/sexual-politics-of-meat.html
The author does a much better job of explaining the complex relationship than I could!
Posted by chelsarrr | December 22, 2011, 6:35 PMSexual politics of meat…sounds very provocative. It appears more complicated than I thought when the author clubs meat with women and relates women as being analogous to plants and men as animals. Correlating patriarchal society with Veganism needs more in depth reasoning and understanding to know the black, white and grey of the sexual politics of meat. Wont women also eat meat? Eating meat being viewed a male thing sounds very far fetched to me . I definitely do not attribute eating meat as from sexist perspective. It just would end up with the cliched view of men as consumers who devour on women for any of their needs. Portraying sex/lust/consuming/eating meat etc as male thing and producing/feeding/baby making/love etc as feminine just breakd the issue into black and white.
Posted by Seshadri | December 22, 2011, 6:56 PMIt is not so much men vs. women but patriarchy and the exploitation and abuse of others. I am very much a “black and white” person. I wish I could see the grey like you do!
Posted by chelsarrr | December 22, 2011, 7:09 PMYeah, I could see the black/white reasoning from your end. Sensitive issues would rarely have a middle ground and it becomes ones own subjective judgment as to decide where he/she wants to stand. Under the larger umbrella of exploitation/abuse etc, every dating/marriage that ends in divorce/hook ups are also some form of exploitation with varying degrees. These social norms are widely accepted as part of mainstream western lifestyle. When it comes to sexuality and sex especially, i sometimes find there is hypocrisy across the board ,men and women. Classic example is like when men cheat and the excuse they give turns out to be “we are men, we are programmed/mean to/born to be polygamous etc”. This where things get fuzzy and it becomes tough to pick the black side or the white side.
Posted by Seshadri | December 22, 2011, 7:18 PMOn a funny note, I still wonder why none of the male hunks/turks are to be found in these PETA campaigns. They need not strip and show their dong but one gets the exact feeling as what the link you sent suggested, men just devour and women just feed the male appetite one way or the other.
Posted by Seshadri | December 22, 2011, 7:27 PMYeah, good point with your last comment. I completely avoid relationships; I think that any type of ownership over another person or their actions is strange. I wouldn’t like being told what to do or telling someone else what to do. I think that relationships and marriage really create unrealistic expectations and unnecessary pressures.
I guess I basically hate everything that most people do! Haha, damn social injustices!
Posted by chelsarrr | December 22, 2011, 9:14 PMThere is now “ownership” per se over ones reaction/action. Men expect they can remain the same after marriage and women expect that men change after marriage . This seems to be the crux of things not working out etc. I do agree it brings extra pressure and expectations based on shaky grounds or half baked truth.
Posted by Seshadri | December 22, 2011, 10:00 PMI don’t think the sex matters, but certainly one expects something more than the other, that’s for sure!
Posted by chelsarrr | December 22, 2011, 10:38 PMI guess it boils down the inner desire of the human not to be content/happy with what you have rather than continuously searching for something more, happier, merrier and then getting disappointed. Beyond a point, people either hit the ceiling or the rock bottom and after that people start looking for something new/fresh/new start etc. Its just a vicious circle.
Posted by Seshadri | December 22, 2011, 11:17 PM