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  feminists care about any objectification

  This isn't a feminist site but if you go to feminist sites you'll see just as much discussion about bathing suits and lingerie ads as PETA ads. Once again we're back to the false logic of "It's ok for PETA to do it b/c other people do it." It's not ok for ANYONE to do it.

  Your logic and other's is similar to the logic after the invasion of Iraq for other countries who wanted to oppress a group, well the US is dealing with terrorists that way so it's ok for us to label someone we don't like as terrorists and get rid of them. If you want to have the moral high ground about animals then you need to make sure you aren't sacrificing other morals in the process otherwise you just end up hurting your cause.On Did NBC squash PETA corn-porn? posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 44 Responses

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  objectification

  You don't need a man in the ad to qualify it for objectification. The ad was supposed to run during the Superbowl. A majority of viewers for the Superbowl are male. The ad is being a voyeur into what vegan women do in their spare time when they're alone. So the ad is telling these males if you are a vegan then you can have these women obviously they need something a little bigger than asparagus but  you'll need to eat a vegan diet in order to get them and satisfy them.

  It's telling any women who watch if you are a vegan you can look this way b/c look at the man next to you how he's drooling over this. If you want him to drool over you that way then you better buy our product "veganism". I think it's a stretch to think that eating a vegan diet alone will get you the bodies of the women they have in the ads but that's what the ad is implying.

  It not sex that's the problem I'm all for well done eroticism and don't object to nudity, however this is objectification. This is what PETA does in all of its promotion.

  I do agree with your very last statement though.On Did NBC squash PETA corn-porn? posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 44 Responses

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  target for the ad

  The target for the ad wasn't superbowl watchers or feminists. If that were true they would have honestly tried to make an ad that NBC would have run. The target for the ad was to make NBC reject it so they could get publicity. It's a PR stunt nothing more, nothing less.

  The ad objectifies more than just feminists, it objectifies women, period. Who I am guessing are the vast majority of PETA membership. I don't know for certain but I'd be willing to bet money on it. So my point was using objectification of the gender that probably sends in the most money to you to show the horrors of the objectification of animals is hypocritical at best.

  And why anyone would think that sex would be better with vegans from this ad is beyond me. I just came away thinking vegans prefer to masturbate with vegetables and I should probably think twice before going over for dinner.On Did NBC squash PETA corn-porn? posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 44 Responses

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  I meant more defense of the tactic

  Saying that others use this tactic to sell things therefore it's ok for PETA to use this tactic is what I'm objecting to. Is it ok to sell your soul if it means people are talking about your product or cause? What does it do to a cause to help one group to stop being objectified if you're objectifying another group, in fact a group that's one of your main targets?On Did NBC squash PETA corn-porn? posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 44 Responses

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  re I assume

  Yes actually I do protest other media that objectifies women. Frankly most other SuperBowl ads are tame compared to this.

  However, I can't believe that PETA defenders or anyone who supports environmental causes would resort to "Well the other guy does it" as a defense. Poor logic and only makes it easier to say, "Well you know he's eating "sea kittens" wrapped in bacon, so why shouldn't I?" "My neighbor has a Hummer why shouldn't I?" "China and India aren't cutting carbon emissions, why should I?" etc., etc. But I guess this is what happens when one picks one single cause to champion fanatically without regard to its ramifications or effect on the community around them.On Did NBC squash PETA corn-porn? posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 44 Responses