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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Germany: 'Groped' female statues highlight sexual harassment
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-groped-female-statues-highlight-sexual-harassment/a-68771777
32 Comments
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip · 75 pts · 2y
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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
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.
wahming@monyet.cc · 24 pts · 2y
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
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 🤷
Libertus@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 2y
Rape culture!
sukhmel@programming.dev · 27 pts · 2y
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
Fester@lemm.ee · 18 pts · 2y
Christmas Story reboot is wild
Ioughttamow@kbin.run · 8 pts · 2y
Origin story of the next great empire
cheesorist@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 2y
oh no people disregard the feelings of inanimate objects!
seriously, this is like saying video games cause violence
stillitcomes@lemm.ee · 21 pts · 2y
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.
wahming@monyet.cc · 11 pts · 2y
cheesorist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Good idea, fully support it
this little bit is bad
saying statues can get assaulted does more harm than good
hope it's a mistranslation
Kacarott@feddit.de · 9 pts · 2y
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.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu · 0 pts · 2y
sukhmel@programming.dev · -7 pts · 2y
Do they not‽
::: spoiler Edit
shouldn't have omitted the "/s" :::
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org · 20 pts · 2y
They do not.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Okey, I thought that exclamation was enough to omit "/s"
Turns out, it was not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Zellith@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y
Dozens of studies have been carried out over decades and every single one has shown that video games do not cause violence.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, I know, I was trying to be sarcastic but only turned out the usual stupid
itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y
So does violence cause video games?
Syn_Attck@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
Very likely.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Inconclusive.
Mikufan@ani.social · 48 pts · 2y
Mikufan@ani.social · 74 pts · 2y
Also
Konn@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
The good ending
Could use more pets, tough
metaStatic@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
anyway
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/statue-juliet-verona-italy-circa-march-capulet-giulietta-capuleti-made-famous-william-shakespeare-love-tragedy-romeo-145696028.jpg
PixelTron@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Who’s a good boy…
felykiosa@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
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
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 2y
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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.
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works · -22 pts · 2y
So judging by many of the comments here and there upvotes, is this news community for the edgy right wing losers?
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 2y
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.
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org · 12 pts · 2y
Not really.
Libertus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Silly and clumsy campaigns, even if they concern important matters, deserve ridicule, and that's exactly what we're doing here.