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How I Embraced Justice and Said Goodbye to Choice – Feministe
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PETA’s Response to Feminist Criticism Misses the Mark
August 19, 2009 By 25 Comments
One of our readers sent a letter to PETA voicing his concern about their sexist ad campaigns, and he got a pretty surprising response from PETA. David was kind enough to send this in.
Dear PETA,
PLEASE STOP all the sexist ads that degrade and demean women. Women are displayed 3/4 naked or more, ads with vile and suggestive catch phrases, again that include mostly nude women. The most recent ad refers to women as “beached whales. PETA is supposedly a progressive organization; so why then do so many of its billboards-ads and media campaigns depict women in sexist-degrading and offensive ways? you will get NO $$ from me until the sexism stops
Here’s PETA’s response to David. [Read more...]
