Joan Jett has urged feminists to fight for animals’ reproductive rights as well as their own, arguing that “we are all sisters under the skin”.In a new video for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the punk legend – who is vegan – explained: “We are daughters, sisters and mothers.
We all feel pain and fear and love.“And if any of us were forcibly bred or had our breast milk or eggs taken and sold or our children stolen from us to be experimented on, we’d all feel violated and angry and heartbroken.”Jett continued: “Ask yourself: ‘Would I wish this fate on my mother or my sister, or me?
We are all sisters under the skin. End speciesism!”The advert sees a photograph of the singer-songwriter morph into images of various women and other female animals as her voiceover plays out.PETA said: “THIS feminist icon and rock legend is calling for solidarity with ALL species.
Watch her powerful public service announcement as she stands up for animals everywhere.”The US animal rights nonprofit added in a post about Jett’s video that “real feminists support animal rights”, and highlighted the exploitation of female animals within “the meat, egg and dairy industries”.It continued: “In the dairy industry, workers forcibly inseminate (rape) cows by inserting an arm into the animal’s rectum to deliver semen with a metal rod into her vagina.
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