Students at Imperial College London are apparently up in arms over a giant
phallic looking statue that's actually set to be erected on campus.
Now, the sculpture by Anthony Grahamley or
Gormley is titled alert.
Alert is a six meter high stack of cantilevered steel
blocks meant to resemble a squatting human figure, and
it's scheduled to be installed in the university's newly
built Danziger Plaza in South Kensington this summer.
But a motion released by the Imperial College Union says the sculpture
may hurt the image and reputation of this fine establishment,
because of its obvious interpretation as a person bearing their erect penis.
Now look, if I were to look at the diagrams that have been provided
of this sculpture, I honestly would not see the erect penis.
So there's something up with these students,
they've got penis on the mind for sure, nothing wrong with that.
>> This is like banning a Georgia O'Keeffe painting and being like,
I just cannot stop thinking about vagina.
Okay, I mean, we understand that's being invoked here, but
it says a little bit more about you that you can't go throughout your day and
exist and you think it's gonna besmirch your university's reputation based on art.
>> God, these students don't even know how good they have it.
You guys are young and like excited about life and
you're thinking about sex and penises and like, just enjoy it.
Let it take over you, have a good time,
eventually you're gonna get to a point in your life where you're too exhausted,
it's the last thing you're gonna want to think about.
So, just give into it, all right, just give into it.
All right, moving on, so among the points the students made in their motion,
they note that while there is nothing inherently wrong with phallic imagery.
The phallic interpretations preoccupation with the penis could be
considered inappropriate for a grand public display.
So one of the key concerns for
the union was the exclusionary phallic interpretation, when scientific
research has been beset with issues around gender ratio and inclusion.
Yeah, I gotta admit I rolled my eyes at this, so
let me continue with that graphic.
Official university statistics show that only 41.8% of the full time students
at Imperial College were female in the 2020 to 2021 academic year.
Now, I don't roll my eyes because I don't see that as a problem, right?
I want quality on campus, there should be more female students
admitted to the school, I agree with that point of view.
But to use a statue that has nothing to do with that issue.
To make a point about that issue is ridiculous.
Because what are you trying to say here?
Would you feel better if there was an accompanying statue
built next to this one?
That kind of looks like a vagina.
I don't I don't get it.
Like what is what is that point?
That is not.
I dismiss it.
I just dismissed that point in regard to the statue specifically, Right?
Like I have no problem with them admitting more female students on campus.
I think that would be a good thing.
We want to be clear about that.
That has nothing to do with this statue,
which honestly doesn't even look like an erect penis.
We'll show you the statue in a minute, but go ahead.
Emma, No, I want to see before I make my comment before.
,, my, my commentary softened so okay, so
let's, let's go to,, the first diagram.
So stupid.
Are you, are people joking?
No, they're not.
They're being serious.
No. There is a problem though with
some college students, like going too far with like the,
I don't want to use the word woke.
I hate the word woke, but you get what I'm saying right?
Where is it a problem?
Like it's not a problem.
No, I mean, not a problem.
It's just being young and thinking you're edgy.
I guess most kids are gonna grow out of this in 5, 10 years and
they're overly sensitive.
I get it.
It's stupid, but I don't know if it's a real problem, right?
No.
No, no, no.
I look, I don't think it's a real, I don't think it really matters, right?
Yeah, they're idealistic and whatever, but if I were to share my,
my personal opinion on this specific controversy on their campus.
That doesn't even look like a person, much less a person with an erect penis.
Yeah. Who do they know?
Like that statue is packing, packing, right?
That's what I'm saying?
Have fun ladies.
How do they know that this and and then and then and mental.
Absolutely.
And how do they know that?
That, that like is, I don't know, that is not anatomically correct.
The penis is like the same.
It's two thirds of the torso in terms of size.
I mean, I don't know who they've modeled this after,
but like almost give me a call.
It does, by the way, it also doesn't look like a person kneeling like it doesn't
look like a person period.
It just looks like a bunch of like blocks.
It looks like a Jenga game gone wrong.
That's what it looks like, right?
That's that's Jenga right where they take the blocks out.
Yeah, yeah, that's what it looks like.
You guys go live life.
Okay, seize the day.
Leave the statue alone.
And if you want a vagina statue to make you feel better, OK, call for
a vagina statue.
I'm cool with that too.
But this is there's other things to be upset about this, ain't it?
That's just my take