I don't object to this poster on ethical grounds at all. (Or at least, no more than I object to any poster depicting scantily clad women. At least this one does so for a cause) I just... find it completely ineffective. I think the point of it is to humanize the animals that people only think of as meat. But to me, the plastic pin-up pose has nothing particularly human about it, so all it does is dehumanize Pamela Anderson. Just my two cents. (And for the record, I don't think a male model would help any on that front. What MIGHT help is to have ordinary people doing ordinary things, but divided up into meat cuts, or something. I'm not really sure. But something that actually brings the point home, because I don't think this does.)
Normal people doing every day things might work better than models of either sex, but I wonder if anything really would be effective enough to make PETA happy. Honestly I don't object to this ad, I don't think it's going to work but I also don't think it "could be an incitement to violence against women"- at least on grandiose scales, which is the hint I got from the op-ed. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong but I hope I'm not. I hope people don't see the poster and go "hey women are nothing but meat *smack smack*" But yes, back to wanting to see a male model? After so long of seeing women nude or scantily-clad in PETA's ads, I finally saw a guy and he wore jeans.
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It's really sad, I think they should be commended for sticking to their beliefs but they also are too... militant (I guess, I mean they go further than I ever would). I know a lot of meat eaters who don't have respect for PETA (they do for vegetarians and vegans and other animals-rights groups), it makes me wonder if PETA is actually driving people away from from a veg*n lifestyle.
aaaand this is why I hate PETA. This and their "if you become vegetarian, you won't be fat anymore!" thing they did a while back. Ugh, just completely negating the contributions of fat vegetarians.
I'm believing more and more that PETA only wants publicity and they don't care who they have to harm to get there.
I got into a discussion with a cook once and he told me a lot of vegetarians are overweight. It's rather funny, I know I've been filling up on carbs ever since giving up meat.
I know when I was vegetarian I gained a ton of weight. I kept thinking I was saving so many calories by not eating meat that I could handle filling up on bread. Whoops, haha!
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Honestly I don't object to this ad, I don't think it's going to work but I also don't think it "could be an incitement to violence against women"- at least on grandiose scales, which is the hint I got from the op-ed. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong but I hope I'm not. I hope people don't see the poster and go "hey women are nothing but meat *smack smack*" But yes, back to wanting to see a male model? After so long of seeing women nude or scantily-clad in PETA's ads, I finally saw a guy and he wore jeans.
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And I think you're right about how nothing will be effective enough to make them happy.
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It's really sad, I think they should be commended for sticking to their beliefs but they also are too... militant (I guess, I mean they go further than I ever would). I know a lot of meat eaters who don't have respect for PETA (they do for vegetarians and vegans and other animals-rights groups), it makes me wonder if PETA is actually driving people away from from a veg*n lifestyle.
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I'm believing more and more that PETA only wants publicity and they don't care who they have to harm to get there.
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