Picasso artworks put in female toilet as part of art gallery response to court ruling (www.abc.net.au)

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In short: Tasmanian art gallery Mona has hung artworks by Pablo Picasso in a female toilet cubicle in response to a failed court bid to exclude men from a women-only art installation.

In April, a court ruling found Mona discriminated when it refused a New South Wales man entry to its Ladies Lounge.

What's next? Mona curator Kirsha Kaechele is appealing the discrimination ruling in the Supreme Court.

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[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago

"Ms Kaechele described the Ladies Lounge as a response to the lived experience of women forbidden from entering certain spaces throughout history," Mr Grueber said.

Fortunately, modern legislation prohibits sex-segregated art displays, so the practices Ms Kaechele is responding to are no longer legal in Australia.

If Ms Kaechele would like to campaign for a return to sex-segregated art displays, I am certain she would be displeased by the outcome of abolishing sex discrimination laws.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

No she thinks it's fair for women to discriminate against men, "for at least 300 years".

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unfortunately this is what a lot of people who claim to be advocates of equality want. They don't want actual equality, they want harmful inequality for the group that used to benefit from it. That doesn't provide justice for anyone, it just perpetuates injustice, especially since many people who never actually benefitted from the previous inequality will be harmed by the reversed situation. We need true inclusivity, not this role reversal bullshit that so many popular ideologies espouse.

Edit: see this comment as evidence.

[-] grue@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They don’t want actual equality, they want harmful inequality for the group that used to benefit from it.

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Edit: see this comment as evidence.

Get some reading comprehension skills. Pushing back on pearl-clutchers claiming it's "counterproductive" when they're really just butthurt about it isn't at all the same thing as "want[ing] harmful inequality."

Point out where I actually endorsed the tactic -- hint: you won't be able to, because I did no such thing -- or retract your false statement.