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Germany: 'Groped' female statues highlight sexual harassment

Germany: 'Groped' female statues highlight sexual harassment - Lemmy.zip

> 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. Archived version: https://archive.ph/CUYE7 [https://archive.ph/CUYE7]

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metaStatic Apr 9, 2024

anyway

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/statue-juliet-verona-italy-circa-march-capulet-giulietta-capuleti-made-famous-william-shakespeare-love-tragedy-romeo-145696028.jpg

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cheesorist Apr 9, 2024

oh no people disregard the feelings of inanimate objects!

seriously, this is like saying video games cause violence

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.

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nosuchuser Apr 9, 2024

So does violence cause video games?

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Viking_Hippie Apr 9, 2024

Inconclusive.

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GregorGizeh Apr 9, 2024

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.

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Viking_Hippie Apr 9, 2024

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.

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wahming Apr 9, 2024

The three statues “visibly show the decades of assaults by passersby,” Terre des Femmes said.

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Viking_Hippie Apr 9, 2024

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 🤷