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...would seem that Harvard is still dicking around with the conflict between the First Amendment and Puritanism (News, “Ruined Snow Penis Stimulates Debate”, Feb. 24). I am reminded of one generation of (then) Radcliffe undergraduates being instructed to paint out each erect penis on the Greek amphora in the Fogg Collections, only to have the next generation instructed to restore them...
While the cause of the destroyer of the snow penis’ action is cause for great sadness, as is any violence (“gendered” or not), undergraduate pranks often depend as much on the penile as the puerile. If the representation of an erect phallus moves her to violence, perhaps the penis police should try to avoid museums and sculpture gardens. Since ice is, by definition, a temporary medium, the destroyer of the penis might have restrained herself and let nature take her course, which inevitably takes care of the “problem...
...It’s a fundamental misunderstanding or ignorance what an erect penis means as opposed to a vagina,” said RUS Vice President Rebeccah G. Watson...
...rights to take down this object which was incredibly offensive to me. As a student of Harvard University, neither I, nor any other woman, should have to see this obscene and grossly inappropriate thing on my way to class. No one should have to be subjected to an erect penis without his or her express permission or consent...
Many women and men, including myself, are the victims of sexual assault, child sexual abuse and rape. 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. There was nothing “challenging” or “subversive” about the penis. The only thing it did was create an uncomfortable environment for the women of Harvard University...