A beefcake moment on IotD? No. What you're seeing there is snow of course, 9 feet high, built by Harvard's crew team, and covered in ice "to avoid shrinkage", and it wouldn't be such a big deal, but...
The sculpture was torn down by a pair of girls who were offended and wanted to keep others from being offended. They didn't come forward for a long time, but when they did they set off a week of controversy when one of them announced that she did it because its "only purpose could be to assert male dominance" and "No one should be subjected to an erect penis without his or her express permission or consent" and "The unwanted image of an erect penis is an implied threat; it means that we, as women, must be subject to erect penises whether we like it or not."
I guess Cellar IotD readers have now been subjected to an erect snow penis - OK, a picture of one - without your express permission or consent. Gee, sorry about that, but I assume we're all at least mentally adults, and can handle it without throwing any sort of hissy fit.
Being a guy, I suppose I'm not really qualified to say whether the sculpture is a dominance symbol or not. The first thing I think, really, is that some guys on the crew team have serious latency issues. Erecting (arg) a giant penis of snow? Never would have occurred to me in a million years. Myself, I would have gone for the giant female naked buddha-esque figure, chubby and grinning and busting out with parts. (I guess I'm comfy with whatever that says about my sexuality.)
03-01-2003, 11:22 AM
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