RE: Wall Street Bull vs Girl statues.
March 28, 2017 at 2:04 pm
(This post was last modified: March 28, 2017 at 2:09 pm by Brian37.)
(March 28, 2017 at 1:48 pm)Isis Wrote: Haven't you got better things to worry about than statues at the moment?
No, sorry. That is like telling Susan B "Don't you have some cookies to bake in the kitchen".
Progress is never made through silence. Symbols mean something just like words do. That particular symbol is male, and not just male, but is in an aggressive fighting stance. Nothing in that bull represents females, and for most of our American history women have been excluded from major positions on average. Wall Street started as a boy's club and as much progress women have made, the inequality exists. And since that bull represents not only our American economy it represents what the rest of the world sees as well.
It is a horrible symbol and does not even represent men who are also capable of being gentile and compassionate.
(March 28, 2017 at 1:55 pm)Gearbreak Wrote:(March 28, 2017 at 1:32 pm)Brian37 Wrote: That statue of the girl got put their in front of the bull a few weeks ago. It has made national news and international news.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/busin....html?_r=0
The artist who made the bull is trying to claim the girl statue is a cheap stunt. No, it is not. The bull is a male and especially an animal that is driven by testosterone. So if he wants to claim it is not sexist as a symbol, why would you equate humans to an animal that has the excuse of ignorance where human men don't have that excuse. He's simply pissed that times change and girls and women don't have to be subject to patriarchal icons. It is a symbol of male aggression, otherwise why not pick a gender neutral symbol?
http://nypost.com/2017/03/20/that-is-not...rl-statue/
It is kind of a cheap stunt. Nobody is going to remember this shit in a month and it isn't going to change the world.
Go ahead and think that, but the girl was supposed to be taken down soon, but if I remember from the CBS story correctly the permit has been extended for a long time. I have no doubt with enough support women can get her to be permanent.
No it was not a cheap stunt, it was a wake up call. America is no longer a boys only club at the top.
