PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women

PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | Care2 Causes

care2.com 01 Mar '12, 5am

PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | Care2 Causes

Written by Dahlia Grossman-Heinz , Campus Progress PETA recently unveiled a new advertising campaign that has left many wondering if it makes light of violence against women. The centerpiece of the ad campaign features a woman wearing a coat, a bra and underwear, and a neck brace while walking down the street, clearly in pain. Through voiceover, the audience is told that Jessica is suffering from BWVAKTBOOM or Boyfriend Went Vegan and Knocked the Bottom Out of Me, which is a painful condition that occurs when boyfriends go vegan and can suddenly bring it like a tantric porn star. After a close-up of Jessica walking up the stairsso that we can see shes not wearing any pantsJessica walks into a bedroom where her vegan boyfriend is plastering a hole in the wall. She smiles and throws a bag of vegetables to him. So this is PETAs idea of promoting a vegan lifestyle...

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@ktucky » 09 Mar '12, 3am
Disturbing RT @VidyaKauri If sex hurts, it must be good, especially if the one getting hurt is a woman - as per PETA [link]
@tashikagomes » 09 Mar '12, 2am
wow PETA ... REALLY... [link]
@VidyaKauri » 09 Mar '12, 1am
If sex hurts, it must be good, especially if the one getting hurt is a woman. Or so PETA seems to convey [link]
@jackiemoran13 » 05 Mar '12, 1am
Do you find abused women as funny as PETA does? PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | Care2 Causes [link]
@stuartoad » 02 Mar '12, 12am
I think #PETA needs a new PR team. [link] #fail
@JoyeuxBoucanier » 01 Mar '12, 6pm
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PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women ...: PETA recently unveiled a new advertising campaign t... [link]
@amandabeetee » 01 Mar '12, 4pm
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@Cowlady18 » 01 Mar '12, 3pm
PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | Care2 Causes [link] WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
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RT @AlbqBonita: SHAME ON YOU PETA: PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | Care2 Causes [link]
@AlbqBonita » 01 Mar '12, 2pm
SHAME ON YOU PETA: PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | Care2 Causes [link]
@kinghitz » 01 Mar '12, 2pm
Now #PETA has completely lost it's grip on reality. [link]
@marilyntom » 01 Mar '12, 1pm
PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | Care2 Causes [link] GOD BLESS..
@TEAwareness » 01 Mar '12, 1pm
PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women Makes light of violence against women? What do u think? [link]
@CwB_London » 01 Mar '12, 12pm
Vegan Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women | PETA's intrinsic sexist and misogynist ideology >> [link]
@pantswomen » 01 Mar '12, 8am
PETA's New Ad Campaign Features Bruised, Battered Women: After a close-up of Jessica walking up the stairs—so th... [link]
@ryanpatey » 01 Mar '12, 7am
More issues with the PETA campaign: [link] #misogyny #sexism #vegan #abuse
@HostelVegan » 01 Mar '12, 7am
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