PETA to launch porn site in name of animal rights

[Tiffanys]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, no stranger to attention-grabbing campaigns featuring nude women, plans to launch a pornography website in the name of animal rights.

The nonprofit organization, whose controversial campaigns draw criticism from women's rights groups, said it hopes to raise awareness of veganism through a mix of pornography and graphic footage of animal suffering.

"We're hoping to reach a whole new audience of people, some of whom will be shocked by graphic images that maybe they didn't anticipate seeing when they went to the PETA triple-X site," said Lindsay Rajt, PETA's associate director of campaigns.

PETA has been accused of campaigning for animal rights at the cost of exploiting women. A Facebook group, Real Women Against PETA, was launched after the organization paid for a billboard showing an obese woman with the message: "Save the Whales. Lose the Blubber. Go Vegetarian."

Another critical Facebook group is called, "Vegans (and Vegetarians) Against PETA."

"PETA is extremely disingenuous," said Jennifer Pozner, executive director of the New York-based advocacy group Women In Media & News. "They have consistently used active sexism as their marketing strategy to garner attention. Their use of sexism has gotten more extreme and more degrading.

"This may be in their minds the only thing left at their disposal to lower the bar," she said.

PETA has filed paperwork to launch its pornography site when the controversial new .xxx domain becomes active in early December. While many nonprofits and corporations are scrambling to protect their website names from being hijacked by a pornographer slapping on a .xxx domain, PETA is embracing the new domain as just another way to conduct business.

"We try to use every outlet that we can to speak up for animals," Rajt said. "We anticipated that this new triple-X domain name would be a hot topic and we immediately decided to use it and take advantage of it to try to promote the animal rights message."

Jill Dolan, director of the program in gender and sexuality studies at Princeton University, was critical of the PETA campaigns.

"Exploiting porn to get people's juices going seems lame; exploiting pornographic images only of women to make their point is retrograde and misogynist," Dolan said in an email. "Come on, PETA. Don't be Neanderthals."

Rajt denied that PETA has been insensitive to women.

"Our demonstrators, the models, all chose to participate in our campaigns... It's not a very feminist thing to do to turn to women and tell them whether or not they can use their voices, their bodies to express their voice."

Visitors to the X-rated site will initially be presented with pornographic content as well as images from PETA's salacious ads and campaigns, Rajt said. Those images will be followed by pictures and video shot undercover of the mistreatment of animals. The site will also include links to vegetarian and vegan -- using no animal products -- starter kits as well as recipes.

PETA's ad campaigns have featured adult film stars Sasha Grey, Ron Jeremy and Jenna Jameson. In 2008, the organization's YouTube account was temporarily shut down after showing racy videos of celebrities and others posing nude.

"When people first visit the site, it will be very enticing and once they go just a little bit deeper, that's when they'll be confronted with images that we hope will make them stop and think and get them talking and hopefully encourage them to make a lifestyle change to a plant-based diet," Rajt said.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/peta-launch-porn-name-animal-rights-130337444.html

LOL WHAT
REALLY?

[JoonasTo]

Someone needs to demand equal sexual rights to animals at their site and fill it with beastiality. 

[Tiffanys]

I can just imagine...

here's some nice porn
NOW AN ABUSED ANIMAL
some nice porn
LOOK HOW BLOODY THIS POOR DOG IS
"...fuck this site"

[TMRNetShark]

I will never go to that website... ever.

[AceHigh]

Link very related to the topic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2z2lTUR5Ao

[Ixarku]

I will never go to that website... ever.

Why in the hell would anyone go to any PETA website whatsoever?

[TMRNetShark]

I will never go to that website... ever.

Why in the hell would anyone go to any PETA website whatsoever?

To hack it? I mean, maybe Anon would hack it for pure lolz.

[Ixarku]

I will never go to that website... ever.

Why in the hell would anyone go to any PETA website whatsoever?

To hack it? I mean, maybe Anon would hack it for pure lolz.

I wouldn't cry about it if they did.

[Dale08]

When I first read the title I though they were gonna release a bestiality site.

[Muk666]

Someone needs to hack the site and add some bestiality porn.

You know its the right thing to do

[Burkingam]

I don't know who borders me the most. Feminist groups who are shocked just because of naked women are shown or the PETA.

Seriously what's wrong with "subjecting" perfectly willing women to "hours degrading and exploitative inhumane treatement"? I don't know. Maybe that's because I'm a perv but I don't personally shiver at the idea of spending a few hours naked while people are taking pictures. Actually it even looks fun. I would totally do it. BRING IT ON!!!

[pingryanime]

inb4 anonymous or some other group of talented but idiotic dipshits with too much time on their hands hack the site and put bestiality porn. EVERYWHERE.

[AceHigh]

I don't know who borders me the most. Feminist groups who are shocked just because of naked women are shown or the PETA.

Seriously what's wrong with "subjecting" perfectly willing women to "hours degrading and exploitative inhumane treatement"? I don't know. Maybe that's because I'm a perv but I don't personally shiver at the idea of spending a few hours naked while people are taking pictures. Actually it even looks fun. I would totally do it. BRING IT ON!!!

If you are referring to my link, that was Onion News.

[Burk mode]
Onion News is a satirical program, making fun of the way news are reported nowadays and making satire out of real news stories. They are not real news. For example here is their approach to mundane news reports that nobody cares about.

[/Burk mode]

[Kyrdua]

Well, if it's porn sans bestiality. i'm not complaining. so all i can say for now is "anticipating it".

[fohfoh]

..."subjecting" perfectly willing women to "hours degrading and exploitative inhumane treatement"?

Because to PETA, animals are worth treating like humans. Humans on the other hand, are not worth treating like humans.

[nstgc]

The nonprofit organization, whose controversial campaigns draw criticism from women's rights groups, said it hopes to raise awareness of veganism through a mix of pornography and graphic footage of animal suffering.

I saw that and thought "ero guro and bestiality in one place" and laughed.

as for the Onion, that was my second thought.

[Kyrdua]

..."subjecting" perfectly willing women to "hours degrading and exploitative inhumane treatement"?

Because to PETA, animals are worth treating like humans. Humans on the other hand, are not worth treating like humans.

what makes me wonder though is how these obsessive "protect the animals" people can put up with those treatments with a smile.
"doing it for a cause"? or just plain living out the hidden exhibitionist in them?

[Soryon]

What better way to get attention then with naked girls. That has be PETAs been campaign for a while now. I understand sex sells, but it seems completely retarded to me to try to demonize the exploitation of one thing by exploiting another.

That said, I dont like people wearing fur either, but its mostly because I think it looks dumb.

[TMRNetShark]

What better way to get attention then with naked girls. That has be PETAs been campaign for a while now. I understand sex sells, but it seems completely retarded to me to try to demonize the exploitation of one thing by exploiting another.

That said, I dont like people wearing fur either, but its mostly because I think it looks dumb.

Do you think it's freedom of speech to throw paint on someone's brand new $1000 fur coat? I don't know about you, but I know there are some Texans somewhere that will shoot a person because they threw paint on them. Maybe not kill them, but they will definitely lose a toe over an animal that is already dead.

[Soryon]

What better way to get attention then with naked girls. That has be PETAs been campaign for a while now. I understand sex sells, but it seems completely retarded to me to try to demonize the exploitation of one thing by exploiting another.

That said, I dont like people wearing fur either, but its mostly because I think it looks dumb.

Do you think it's freedom of speech to throw paint on someone's brand new $1000 fur coat? I don't know about you, but I know there are some Texans somewhere that will shoot a person because they threw paint on them. Maybe not kill them, but they will definitely lose a toe over an animal that is already dead.

I never said that. I think that sort of thing is incredibly retarded.
I was just saying that I think fur coats look dumb, but I would never harass someone over it.

But really hard to understand is that PETA seems to have no problem with leather, only fur...