Amsterdam to get statue to honor prostitutes
Amsterdam to get statue to honor prostitutes
Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:53 PM ET
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam's red-light district will soon get a new attraction: a statue to honor prostitutes around the world.
The statue, designed by artist Els Rijerse, will likely be unveiled at the end of March, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
"In many countries, prostitutes struggle and people have no respect for them whatsoever. The statue is meant to give all those men and women strength," Mariska Majoor, a former prostitute who commissioned the statue, told ANP.
ANP said the statue, made of bronze, shows a woman who confidently looks out into the world.
From here.
I'm sorry, but even in Amsterdam, where most people are usually intoxicated, I don't understand how anyone could have approved this.
Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:53 PM ET
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam's red-light district will soon get a new attraction: a statue to honor prostitutes around the world.
The statue, designed by artist Els Rijerse, will likely be unveiled at the end of March, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
"In many countries, prostitutes struggle and people have no respect for them whatsoever. The statue is meant to give all those men and women strength," Mariska Majoor, a former prostitute who commissioned the statue, told ANP.
ANP said the statue, made of bronze, shows a woman who confidently looks out into the world.
From here.
I'm sorry, but even in Amsterdam, where most people are usually intoxicated, I don't understand how anyone could have approved this.