Comments on: Guide To Analyzing PETA’s Nude Activism

By: Eccentric Vegan

Eccentric Vegan — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:33:44 +0000

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If it makes you feel any better, the article was originally published on my personal blog without any video. Rather, some photos were used. I republished the article here when the PETA video was released, because it was relevant.

By: J

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:41:21 +0000

I liked reading your article about gender and how people shouldn’t think all nudity is pornography… it reminded me of a really old Simpson’s episode where everyone tried to ban the statue of David because it showed his genitalia and was, therefore, unacceptable…

However good your point was, I feel like it was wasted on this video. I watched it and wasn’t really sure what the message was? PETA is awesome and full of middle-school sex jokes? Politicians are creepy and pervy old men? Watching Dick Cheney applaud whole-heartedly to this woman talk about ‘taking matters into your own hand’ made me want to puke. And at the end of PETA praising itself while stripping for no reason, there were a bunch of pictures of animal cruelty, a serious matter, that could easily turned off at that point now that the woman and her empty message were over.

As for the ‘I’d Rather Go Naked…” campaign, I think it’s overused. It was an interesting and eye-catching thought, and it did include videos where the celebs would ‘go behind the scenes’ and explain their photoshoots and why they believed what they did. I think PETA needs to move on to something other than the whole ‘sex sells’ thing, though… ASPCA has commercials that are more serious and are actually ON TV because they haven’t been banned for showing vegetables ejaculate rice… Maybe take a page from them and show the seriousness of your plight, rather than the fact that celebrities like to show off their bodies.

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By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:06:02 +0000

Thank you for this article. Until people can stop criticizing women for the amount of clothes we choose to wear (be it a head to toe burka or going nude), women’s liberation will never be achieved.

I’d like to pick apart every single outfit Francione chooses to wear and shame him and make him personally responsible for holding back the progress of our society for dressing in a way that I find offensive.
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By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:44:47 +0000

Let’s put aside whether you think this kind of campaign is sexist or not. Instead think, is this going to make anyone think critically about animal rights? I can’t imagine how anyone would watch this and actually reconsider how they view animals. For some reason PETA seems to think that just the act of getting attention is enough.

And I’m sure it does get attention. But not for any constructive purpose. Instead it reinforces the stereotype that animal rights advocates are goof balls and clowns that can be laughed at but aren’t to be taken seriously.

If you were going to protest any other issue there is no way you would reduce the subject to this juvenile level. Animal rights is serious and should be treated that way. You think it’d be a good idea to do a strip tease video about how much charity work you did in Darfur while people are still dying there by the thousands? This kind of video cheapens the animal rights message and that’s more important than whether or not it is sexist.

By: Sarah May

Sarah May — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:46:03 +0000

Thanks you for this. I admit that I have problems with PETA's approach, and I do find it sexist, but I still enjoyed this article. Mostly because you suggest people actually make suggestion on how they can do better. Surprisingly, it seems most people would like to just complain. The bottom line is animals. .-= Sarah May´s last blog ..Veganize it!! =-.

By: Michaeljwjr

Michaeljwjr — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:30:07 +0000

Yes PETA this is the right thing to do. Get guys all horny then show them suffering animals, so then men start to associate Animal suffering with Sexual Arousal. Do you even think before you do anything?

I couldn’t even hear the message through the constant innuendo.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:01:31 +0000

As a man, I must confess that I like PeTa’s state of the union undress, for all the wrong reasons. The suggestive language (arouse for rouse, “take matters in hand”)all very amusing but can you seriously believe anybody is getting the message that they are supposedly trying to send. PETA, enough with the nudes already. “I’d rather go naked than wear fur”; fine it got attention and had a message. But no your antics a a catalogue of embarassments. A suggestion on how they can do better? Just stop.