Germany: 'Groped' female statues highlight sexual harassment
Germany: 'Groped' female statues highlight sexual harassment
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.
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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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 🤷