To show how sexual harassment leaves its mark, a women’s rights organization in Germany is drawing attention to statues of nude women, with breasts that are visibly lighter after years of being touched.
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Well, we could talk about Victor Noir’s crotch, the bull’s balls in Chicago, The Adam in NYC gets his junk touched, too.
I’m not trying to say we shouldn’t discuss assault or point out any hypocrisy, just that maybe a statue isn’t the best starting point.
Its a statue. People like touching statues in odd places, take pictures with them that go way beyond what is acceptable to do with a real person. This isnt sexual harassment, what the fuck. It is an inanimate piece of metal.
They’re not saying that “groping” a statue is sexual harassment. They’re using the statues as a visual aid to talk about the real issue.
The three statues “visibly show the decades of assaults by passersby,” Terre des Femmes said.
OK, so that’s nuts, 100%.
Still a good idea to use the statues as visual aids to start a conversation about the REAL issue, though, so let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water just because some advocates have trouble distinguishing between statues and humans 🤷
oh no people disregard the feelings of inanimate objects!
seriously, this is like saying video games cause violence
Did you read the post? The point is using the status as very clear symbolism, bringing attention to the issue of sexual violence in society.
It’s a creative campaign to help people, not to try condemn the touching of statues.
Do they not‽
Dozens of studies have been carried out over decades and every single one has shown that video games do not cause violence.
So does violence cause video games?
Inconclusive.
Very likely.
They do not.
Okey, I thought that exclamation was enough to omit “/s”
Turns out, it was not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s not what the campaign is saying. The statues are just being used as a visually striking metaphor for sexual harassment. It’s cheaper and more effective to put some placards on a statue that people are obviously paying attention to, vs spending the time to design posters that nobody will look at.
Good idea, fully support it
this little bit is bad
The three statues “visibly show the decades of assaults by passersby,” Terre des Femmes said.
saying statues can get assaulted does more harm than good
hope it’s a mistranslation
The three statues “visibly show the decades of assaults by passersby,” Terre des Femmes said.
Rape culture!
Origin story of the next great empire
I can’t stop imagining how hilarious it would’ve ended if there was -5°C and he got stuck glued to the bull’s balls. Painful, but hilarious
Christmas Story reboot is wild
So judging by many of the comments here and there upvotes, is this news community for the edgy right wing losers?
Silly and clumsy campaigns, even if they concern important matters, deserve ridicule, and that’s exactly what we’re doing here.
People like to touch silly places on statues. Maybe the intent translates better in German culture, but it’s a swing and a miss to me.
Maybe the intent translates better in German culture
Not really.
Counter-example:
Also
The good ending
Could use more pets, tough
Who’s a good boy…
I instantly though about this statue when I saw the post. Although this one might have been harassed (if I can harass a statue) , since it was a symbol of fertility
