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Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses”
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- Title
- Denmark has more statues of 'mythical beasts' than women - but pledges to install more
- Authors
- Miranda Bryant
- Published
- Mar 7 2024
- Word count
- 455 words
I do think it's a good thing they're trying to correct this imbalance, the statistics are pretty shocking. I find it pretty funny though that 99% of people who could name a statue in Copenhagen could only name one, and it's a statue of a woman. (Although actually does the Little Mermaid count as a woman or a 'mythological beast', the article doesn't mention).
We still have hostile architecture targeting homeless people, and refugees are still forced to live in camps, for the sole purpose of making their life miserable. (the white refugees from Ukraine were an exception, of course.)
None of this are art related, of course. But with this in the back of the head, it feels like an easy gesture, targeting the leftovers of the misogynic world view from hundreds of years ago. Still a good thing, of course, seen in isolation.