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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

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[–] cheesorist 69 points 7 months ago (4 children)

oh no people disregard the feelings of inanimate objects!

seriously, this is like saying video games cause violence

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

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

[–] cheesorist 4 points 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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 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.