{"id":15875,"date":"2013-07-27T04:07:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T04:07:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-07-27T04:07:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T04:07:15","slug":"PBS-Documentary-Exposes-Sexual-Abuse-of-Factory-Farm-Workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15875","title":{"rendered":"PBS Documentary Exposes Sexual Abuse of Factory Farm Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PBS&#8217;s Frontline recently aired a hard-hitting documentary that&#8217;s sure to raise awareness and hopefully spark change. &#8220;Rape in the Fields&#8221; is a harrowing look inside the sexual abuse, including frequent rape, of undocumented immigrant farm workers in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting a DeCoster egg facility, the documentary exposes not only the sexual assault of farm workers, but horrific animal abuse.<\/p>\n<p><object width = \"500\" height = \"315\" ><param name = \"movie\" value = \"http:\/\/dgjigvacl6ipj.cloudfront.net\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" ><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"width=500&#038;height=315&#038;video=http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/videoPlayerInfo\/2365031455&#038;player=viral&#038;chapter=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param ><param name = \"allowscriptaccess\" value = \"always\" ><\/param ><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/dgjigvacl6ipj.cloudfront.net\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"width=500&#038;height=315&#038;video=http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/videoPlayerInfo\/2365031455&#038;player=viral&#038;chapter=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #808080; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 512px;\">Watch <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/video\/2365031455\" target=\"_blank\">Rape in the Fields<\/a> on PBS. See more from <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/\" target=\"_blank\">FRONTLINE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Mercy For Animals conducted an undercover investigation inside Quality Egg of New England, a DeCoster egg facility. Our investigator documented abuses so appalling the Maine Department of Agriculture raided the facility. What resulted was a landmark civil settlement. Quality Egg pleaded guilty to 10 counts of animal cruelty and paid over $130,000 in fines and restitution.<\/p>\n<p>While the victims and the abuses are different, one does not need a magnifying glass to see the connections between sexual abuse and animal cruelty. The rampant sex crimes against undocumented workers speak volumes to the cruel and violent culture that characterizes today&#8217;s factory farms. Like these farm workers, animals on factory farms are vulnerable and scared, but unlike these brave women who&#8217;ve come forward, animals have no voice.<\/p>\n<p>The most powerful stand we can take against needless animal suffering is to leave meat, dairy, and eggs off our plates. To learn more about adopting a humane vegan diet, visit ChooseVeg.com. <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.mfablog.org\/<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBS&#8217;s Frontline recently aired a hard-hitting documentary that&#8217;s sure to raise awareness and hopefully spark change. &#8220;Rape in the Fields&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"MyMelody","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/301d6c03e3d5a20fb279251ef4b72b17b5f53d915abefbcdd85aaf1e798492df?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"PBS&#8217;s Frontline recently aired a hard-hitting documentary that&#8217;s sure to raise awareness and hopefully spark change. &#8220;Rape in the Fields&#8221;","magazineBlocksPostCategories":[],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":148,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"MyMelody","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=88"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/301d6c03e3d5a20fb279251ef4b72b17b5f53d915abefbcdd85aaf1e798492df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}