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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Its a statue. People like touching statues in odd places, take pictures with them that go way beyond what is acceptable to do with a real person. This isnt sexual harassment, what the fuck. It is an inanimate piece of metal.

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They’re not saying that “groping” a statue is sexual harassment. They’re using the statues as a visual aid to talk about the real issue.

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

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OK, so that’s nuts, 100%.

Still a good idea to use the statues as visual aids to start a conversation about the REAL issue, though, so let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water just because some advocates have trouble distinguishing between statues and humans 🤷

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