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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    7 months ago

    oh no people disregard the feelings of inanimate objects!

    seriously, this is like saying video games cause violence

    • stillitcomes@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      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
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        7 months ago

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

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        7 months ago

        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

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      7 months ago

      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.