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PETA Billboard Says You Can't Be A Feminist If You Eat Eggs

SAN JOSE (KPIX) – A billboard with a strange message connecting feminists, eggs, and animal rights is turning heads in the South Bay, but turning some women off.

It was put up by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, and it basically says 'you can't eat eggs and still consider yourself a feminist.'

It's often been PETA's strategy to be provocative. The idea is that it's okay to say something a little outlandish or a little offensive, or just out of left field, if it brings attention to your cause, which in this case is the ethical treatment of animals in the farm industry.

A new ad campaign, titled 'You Can't be an Egg-Eating Feminist,' is definitely in keeping with the tradition of being provocative.

The second line of the billboard reads, "Eggs and Dairy Are a Product of the Abuse of Females."

"Many people who consider themselves feminists are unthinkingly supporting this violence against females every single day by consuming these cruel foods," says the narrator in a video for the ad campaign.

So basically, the message is urging people to go vegan.

Read the full story at CBSSanFrancisco.com.

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