Critics fume over nude statue honoring feminist Mary Wollstonecraft

But critics were offended by the pubic display.

Any passing teenage boy is not going to think, oh, that s an icon of feminist education. They are going to think tits! British writer Tracy King told the newspaper.

Another author, Imogen Hermes Gowar, wrote on Twitter that she hated the the sexy toned female on top of the statue.

Nameless, nude, and conventionally attractive is the only way women have ever been acceptable in public sculpture, Gowar wrote. This was a chance to break from those conventions, no?

Others noted that monuments to men rarely depict them in the buff.

Imagine if there was a statue of a hot young naked guy in tribute to eg Churchill. It would look mad. This, also, looks mad, writer Caitlin Moran tweeted.

It s not making me angry in any way because I just KNOW the streets will soon be full of statues depicting John Locke s shiny testicles, Nelson Mandela s proud penis, and Descarte s adorable ar-e, she added.

via nypost.com

Personally, I think they’ve got a point.