Artist Thought Women Would Show 'Empathy' for Sculpture of Man in Underwear on College Campus...

JakeDDrake · 2014-02-08T14:39:14+00:00

Heh, the artist should have known better.

When a man can be unconscious yet still ostensibly be a threat to women, then why would anyone feel empathy for this sleep-walking man?

Likely he's stumbling home from his last drunken rape-fest. /s

Kimjungillestt · 2014-02-08T15:43:30+00:00

If it was a sculpture of David Beckham it would have been totally different.

Nomenimion · 2014-02-08T14:56:27+00:00

Some students say the sculpture makes them uncomfortable and conjures images of sexual assault.

Pouring milk on Rice Crispies probably does the same for these "students."

rottingchrist · 2014-02-08T15:45:43+00:00

What a naive man...

edtastic · 2014-02-08T16:22:24+00:00

“This is a person who is an outsider, he’s displaced,” said artist Tony Matelli. “So I thought the reaction would be empathy.”

It's shocking how the lack of empathy for men in our culture get's overlooked as an issue.

SDcowboy82 · 2014-02-08T23:22:53+00:00

The artist thought women at an all women's college would show sympathy? ???

HugeSaladFork · 2014-02-08T18:31:17+00:00

“We are independent women here,” a student said. “We can handle a statue.”

Some good people shine through.

ThePigmanAgain · 2014-02-08T22:23:33+00:00

“So I thought the reaction would be empathy.”

How charmingly naive.

2014-02-08T14:39:37+00:00

This statue business is a real WTF thing.

chubbybunns · 2014-02-08T16:13:36+00:00

That artist is a dumbass. College women show empathy to damned few people and even fewer of them are men.

johnmarkley · 2014-02-09T00:37:06+00:00

That was one of the things that struck me about a lot of the reactions to this. The man depicted by the sculpture is a pitiable figure- he's almost completely naked out in the snow, for Pete's sake! His facial expression looks extremely disoriented, and his arms are weakly extending as if he were unsuccessfully reaching for something to cling to- he's in a very bad situation and seems ill-equipped to help himself.

And yet people think themselves very enlightened for looking at that and seeing only a predator.

2014-02-09T05:57:43+00:00

I am mildly surprised that nobody has vandalised it yet.

Call me cynical but college students are not exactly known for their emotional maturity and expecting students at an all-female college to give a shit about an unattractive, middle-aged, white man was probably futile.

Actually I'm going to take it further.

Make a statue of the same guy except now he's curled up in a fetal position, bloody, bruised and distressed and I guarantee the reaction would look like this:

30% "Oh that poor man"

40% "Ew. That's creepy."

30% "LOL. That's the way to show men who's boss."

It would be all over Tumblr inside an hour.

YetAnotherCommenter · 2014-02-09T08:58:32+00:00

Things like this prove that Carol Gilligan, Harvard's first professor of Gender Studies, who claims that women are naturally more caring and empathetic than men, is utterly insane.

U_R_Shazbot · 2014-02-08T16:47:03+00:00

What an unusual statue. Somebody said womens campus? Odd choice

SRSLovesGawker · 2014-02-08T19:04:46+00:00

Heh, some people in the comments were saying "Maybe the artist wanted people to feel bad for the guy and give him some clothes".

That was my first thought too.

2014-02-08T21:23:34+00:00

“This is a person who is an outsider, he’s displaced,” said artist Tony Matelli. “So I thought the reaction would be empathy.”

This seems like a contradiction. He wouldn't be an outsider if people were empathetic towards him.

_LegBeard_ · 2014-02-09T13:42:34+00:00

Empathy is the capacity to recognize emotions that are being experienced by another sentient or fictional being.

Hmmm... that's not their reaction. Let's try:

Bigotry is the state of mind of a bigot: someone who, as a result of their prejudices, treats or views other people with fear, distrust, hatred, contempt, or intolerance on the basis of a person's opinion, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

That's the one!

Armageist · 2014-02-08T14:54:11+00:00

That dipshit is completely out of touch with reality.

What woman would find sympathy for an average weight (note: not muscular, flabby) balding older man (Not an attractive age relevant student, but a 'creepy' older man, perfect for rape scare victimization) in tighty whities holding his hands out like a zombie in a uncanny-valley'esque statue never before or hardly ever before used out in a random spot on a sidewalk at an all-girls school of all things????

The statue makes no sense whatsoever, especially to put on on an all womans campus in a day and age of campus tribunals and rape culture and all other feminist agendas.

The guy's a fucking idiot.

Title	Artist Thought Women Would Show 'Empathy' for Sculpture of Man in Underwear on College Campus...
Author	wrez
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Date	February 8, 2014 2:07 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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