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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  • cheesorist@lemmy.world
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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.

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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

      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.