Slouching towards Gomorrah Sound off on 45-foot nude female statue on National Mall Its message of women being safe is beautiful and needed It combats the increasing dehumanization and sexualization of women's bodies Only perverts and those opposed to women's equality will be against it She depicts a white, cisgender woman -- that's racist and transphobic The statue's body type is that of a Playboy centerfold -- hardly representative of the average woman it claims to champion I only go to the National Mall for the museums The late-night jokes will write themselves I can't wait to see the fruitcakes this thing attracts over four months I must have missed the study that found nude statues of women reduced sexualization of their bodies and made them safe Maybe they could use the AIDS quilt to cover her up Tell me again why a big nude statue of a female -- offensive to Muslims -- isn't Islamophobic Trump needs to fire the park service official who issued the permit So, we're tearing down Robert E. Lee statues and erecting soft-porn ones? Priceless Other View Results Loading ...