Art - Donald Trump Statue, 'The Emperor Has No Balls,' Appears In The Castro - View - Imzy

Art - Donald Trump Statue, 'The Emperor Has No Balls,' Appears In The Castro - View - Imzy

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I actually heard about this earlier today, and wanted to start a discussion to deconstruct the harmfulness of this statue.

Firstly, I loathe Trump. I am sick of hearing about him, I'm sick of seeing his face, I'm sick of his followers. I hope with all my heart he does not make it to the White House.

My dislike of this statue has more to do with the depiction of Trump with an extremely small penis and no testicles. The implication being, he's not a real man and has no real power. This underlying meaning not only reinforces toxic gender roles for men, but also that anything relating to women (I mean, it was small enough on the statue to look like a large clitoris to me) is inherently distasteful and abhorrent.

I don't think a critic or satire of Trump needs to include this kind of message, as it does damage on a societal scale vs just Trump himself.