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Giant Marilyn Monroe statue in Palm Springs to move after underwear complaints (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 80 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think a lot of grown up adults out there forget that a child's mind is oblivious and/or entirely disinterested in sex-related stuff—even to the point they may say it's icky or funny. It just simply does not compute or click. To them, underwear is just a thing you have on like hats or shoes.

And then finally at some point they do show interest in it and the adults have zero control then anyway. They may think they do, but a kid showing interest in a statue's underwear already has highly successful skills in accessing porn or has such imagination they can jerk off to almost anything.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

These people are worried long after puberty hits.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 51 points 3 months ago (1 children)

“We serve over 100,000 school-age children that come to our museum every single year. What message does that send to our young people, our visitors and community to present a statue that objectifies women, is sexually charged and disrespectful?”

Homer: Well, Lisa, remember that postcard Grandpa sent us from Florida of that alligator biting that woman's bottom?

Bart: Oh, yeah. That was brilliant!

Homer: That's right. We all thought it was hilarious, but it turns out we were wrong. That alligator was sexually harassing that woman.

Bart: And the dog in the Coppertone ad? Same deal, Dad?

Homer: That's kind of a gray area.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I kind of agree with the reasoning. She's the symbol for everything wrong with Hollywood. She got exploited, was treated as a sex toy and didn't have a say herself.

There might be more sensitive ways instead of removing the statue. They could educate people on the exploitation for example.

[–] newnton@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

And then she used her fame and platform to write a book exposing all the people who harassed her and what they did. I don’t entirely disagree but I think she doesn’t deserve to be characterized as simply a sex toy/ victim with no voice or agency

[–] vxx@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So her exposing the perpetrators makes her less of a victim?

[–] newnton@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No, she was still a victim and I’m not trying to undermine that, but at the same time I wouldn’t refer to her as a “sex toy” or “having no say”. She used her voice and agency to try and make things better for the people who came after her.

I think characterizing her as a voiceless object or oversimplifying a complex individual into just a victim does her a great disservice.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Pervs, they want the statue underwearless?

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fuck it. Make it completely nude, knock the arms off, say it's a Greek goddess, and call it a day.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 months ago

You say that like conservatives don't have a centuries long history of vandalising art works to make them "more modest".

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

No they want it moved so the ass doesn't face the door.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

That statue is really cool and everybody likes to take pictures with it. Some people don't want anyone to have fun.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 17 points 3 months ago

So people made a giant statue that you can walk under and they are mad because you can look up her dress? Talk about creating a problem so you can just complain about it.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 17 points 3 months ago

So they want there to not be underwear when you look up there?

[–] dylanmorgan 10 points 3 months ago

“No, I was complaining that they put underwear on her!”

[–] WhatThaFudge@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 months ago

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But muh heritage of worshipping Marilyn?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

When will the LGBTQ oppression end

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

I guess its maybe a bit weird to sculpt her underwear when barbie dolling would have been perfectly acceptable. I can see why people would feel this is a tad exploitative

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

1000016665

This is the best I could pull off with gpt's American prudeness

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Move where? In a country that's not ass backwards?