Why does a pro-vegetarian organisation treat women like meat?
Produced by: Josephine Tovey Date of Production: Thursday, 17th July 2008 Abstract: For an organisation that’s so passionate about chicks, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has a shaky reputation with women. Printing: Click here for a printer friendly version of this page. For an organisation that’s so passionate about chicks, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has a shaky reputation with women. On Monday the high-profile animal rights organisation held a demonstration out the front of the George Street KFC, involving three young women wearing nothing but lacy knickers and nipple tape in a cage with the sign “Chicks Agree: Boycott KFC”. PETA has also invited a former Big Brother housemate, Brigitte Stavaruk, to strip for its campaign, said a report in The Daily Telegraph yesterday. PETA offered the job to her because of her “big assets” – including her big personality, of course. This is the sophisticated publicity technique the organisation has been pe