Man Sculpture Stalks Wellesley College Woman ... well maybe not...


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Art? Sure seems to be to me...

A realistic-looking statue of a man sleepwalking in his underwear near the center of Wellesley College has created a stir among the women on campus, especially as more than 100 students at the all-women’s college signed a petition asking administrators to remove it.

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However, the statue of the sleepwalker -- which is hard to miss in a high-traffic area by both pedestrians and drivers near the campus center -- has caused outrage among some students in just one day after its Feb. 3 installation. Zoe Magid, a Wellesley College junior majoring in political science, started a petition on Change.org with other students asking college president H. Kim Bottomly to have the statue removed.

Here is the beginning of the Petition:

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Move the "Sleepwalker" Inside the Davis Museum

The sculpture of the nearly naked man on the Wellesley College campus is an inappropriate and potentially harmful addition to our community that we, as members of the student body, would like removed from outdoor space immediately, and placed inside the Davis Museum. There, students may see the installation of their own volition.

Within just a few hours of its outdoor installation, the highly lifelike sculpture by Tony Matelli, entitled “Sleepwalker,” has become a source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault for some members of our campus community. While it may appear humorous, or thought provoking to some, the “Sleepwalker” has already become a source of undue stress for a number of Wellesley College students, the majority of whom live, study, and work on campus.

Aren't progressive marxist gender feminists so much fun!

http://www.boston.com/yourcampus/news/wellesley/2014/02/realistic_statue_of_man_in_his_underwear_at_wellesley_college_sparks_controversy.html

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Show some empathy. Imagine what thoughts might be triggered in you by a hyper-realistic statue of a woman in her underwear.

In today's world of women sending e-mails with themselves "nekid as the day they were born?"

Would not even register a 2 on the 0-100 scale.

However, I do get your humor.

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If I had been walking on my college campus at night when I was 16 and saw that statue (without knowing it was a statue), I would have been scared. I would have gone looking for security to escort me. That would not then nor does it now make me a "progressive marxist gender feminist."

Is it the request to remove the statue from its current location that offends you, Adam? Or the reported reaction that people have had to the statue?

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If I had been walking on my college campus at night when I was 16 and saw that statue (without knowing it was a statue), I would have been scared. I would have gone looking for security to escort me. That would not then nor does it now make me a "progressive marxist gender feminist."

Is it the request to remove the statue from its current location that offends you, Adam? Or the reported reaction that people have had to the statue?

Neither.

The utter stupidity of the "art" crowd at a "university" that put this piece of...hmm...sculpture in that particual location needs to be explored.

Hell Deanna, there were children running up to it and "playing" with the statue's underwear.

The fact that it appeared offends me from a number of financial areas.

A...

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If I had been walking on my college campus at night when I was 16 and saw that statue (without knowing it was a statue), I would have been scared. I would have gone looking for security to escort me. That would not then nor does it now make me a "progressive marxist gender feminist."

Is it the request to remove the statue from its current location that offends you, Adam? Or the reported reaction that people have had to the statue?

Neither.

The utter stupidity of the "art" crowd at a "university" that put this piece of...hmm...sculpture in that particual location needs to be explored.

Hell Deanna, there were children running up to it and "playing" with the statue's underwear.

The fact that it appeared offends me from a number of financial areas.

A...

Well then, now I am really confused by your comment:

Aren't progressive marxist gender feminists so much fun!

Who exactly are the progressive marxist gender feminists? The writer of the petition didn't question the statue's status as art and even suggested that it was musuem-worthy. Is that what made her a progressive marxist gender feminist? Or was it the part of the petition you bolded in red that makes her so? (I'm assuming that emphasis was yours as I didn't notice it in the source material.)

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Show some empathy. Imagine what thoughts might be triggered in you by a hyper-realistic statue of a woman in her underwear.

Actual empathy would be imagining how you might react to a hyper-realistic statue of a hooded, tattooed, hulking thug of a male in a spot where you didn't expect it.

J

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Well then, now I am really confused by your comment:

Aren't progressive marxist gender feminists so much fun!

Who exactly are the progressive marxist gender feminists? The writer of the petition didn't question the statue's status as art and even suggested that it was musuem-worthy. Is that what made her a progressive marxist gender feminist? Or was it the part of the petition you bolded in red that makes her so? (I'm assuming that emphasis was yours as I didn't notice it in the source material.)

The bolded part and it was a broad based characterization...might have been too broad.

A...

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Well then, now I am really confused by your comment:

Aren't progressive marxist gender feminists so much fun!

Who exactly are the progressive marxist gender feminists? The writer of the petition didn't question the statue's status as art and even suggested that it was musuem-worthy. Is that what made her a progressive marxist gender feminist? Or was it the part of the petition you bolded in red that makes her so? (I'm assuming that emphasis was yours as I didn't notice it in the source material.)

The bolded part and it was a broad based characterization...might have been too broad.

A...

Might have been used in an inappropriate context. Might have been directed at someone who hadn't earned it. In any case, if you're willing to concede that it was an unfair characterization then I'm willing to stop harping on it. Starting now. :smile:

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  • 3 months later...

Is that Fruit of the Loom the statue is wearing?

Interesting merchandising...

:smile:

Michael

Definitely not Calvin Klein.

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