Pamela Anderson is in Montreal to host a gala event for Just for Laughs and had planned on unveiling her new PETA advert/poster as well. It turns out the city of Montreal thinks the poster is sexist and is prohibiting its going up. You can judge for yourself (above), but it all begs the question on who decides what is appropriate and how they decide what is and isn’t in our public sphere. It seems that when it’s a poster for selling phones, lingerie, shoes, or beer, apparently scantily clad women get the green light. When it’s a poster promoting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, it’s just dirty and wrong. Thoughts?
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I think this is a clever and effective campaign. To see this a sexist, an objectification of women, confuses the issue and should highlight how ridiculous it is that we treat different animals (and people) with a sliding scale of dignity and respect.
I'll have the Leg of Pam, thank you.
don't vegetables have breasts?
It's simply not true. Not all animals have the same parts. Similarities at the kingdom level are that they are heterotrophic, multicellular, eukaryotes and delicious. That's all.
As a PETA supporter for many years, i'm quite ashamed that in much of their compaigning for animal rights over the years has come at the cost of gross objectification of women.
WoW! Canada's really missing out!