Social Movement Prostitution: A Case Study in Nonhuman Animal Rights Activism and Vegan Pimping

This article explores the sexual objectification of female-identified

volunteers in social movements as a form of tactical prostitution, arguing

that tactical prostitution constitutes a violation of the dignity of women in

social movement spaces, while posing a threat to the wellbeing of women

and children in the larger public. This article investigates the Nonhuman

Animal Rights movement, particularly suggesting that tactical prostitution

is particularly counterintuitive in this context as it asks the public to stop

objectifying Nonhuman Animals with the same oppressive logic that it

wields by objectifying female activists. This critique is placed within a

systemic analysis of neoliberalism as it impacts social movements through

the formation of a non-profit industrial complex. This system encourages

the commodification of marginalised groups for institutional gain.