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