''I, like many vegans/animal rights-ists, often find myself rather unimpressed with many of the activities of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. One of the main claims urged against PETA is their numerous sexual images of women which constitute ‘objectification’, which is bad..
Female humans are not killed on the same scale as chickens. But the fact that so many of them experience sexual violence, the fact that historically most sex has been non-consensual (since marriage was seen as making consent irrelevant),constitute a no less serious crisis.
If we can recognise objectification of chickens as a component of the complex of ideas which support ongoing violence against them, then we should recognise that same taint in objectification of women. Organisations which try to oppose one system should not do so by participating in the other''
-Alderson
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