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Giant Marilyn Monroe statue in Palm Springs to move after underwear complaints
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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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.