"Misogynist" Austrian urinals flushed out to eBay
Four urinals shaped like a woman‘s lips went on sale on eBay on Thursday after being removed from a public toilet in Vienna following protests from women‘s groups who said they were sexist. 11月2日,4只女性嘴唇形状的小便池在网上被拍卖。这些小便池原被安装在奥地利维也纳的一家公厕中,由于妇女权益组织认为它们在宣扬对女性的歧视,小便池最终从公厕被撤走。 Designed by Viennese artist Rudolf Scheffel for the "toilet-bar Vienna" next to the National Opera, the urinals featured lips covered in red, orange or blue lipstick, a bright red tongue and gleaming white teeth. 这些小便池是维也纳艺术家鲁道夫·谢菲尔为坐落在国家歌剧院旁的维也纳厕所酒吧设计的。小便池由鲜红的“舌头”、洁白的“牙齿”和性感的“嘴唇”组成,“嘴唇”上还涂有红色、橙色或者蓝色的“唇膏”。 The urinals were in the toilets for three years but raised an outcry in the run-up to Austria‘s October 1 parliamentary election when they were used by political party supporters attending rallies nearby. 这些小便池已在公厕中被使用了3年,但它们却在10月1日的奥地利议会选举前引发了争议,起因是政党的支持者在维也纳厕所酒吧附近参加集会时使用了这些便池。 Women‘s rights campaigners described the urinals as sexist and misogynist. They will be restored to their original condition before being sold, the toilet‘s operator said on auction Web site eBay."Each urinal will, of course, be meticulously cleaned," the seller said. "The artist himself will sandblast it, brush the mouth‘s teeth, and give them a new varnish." 女权主义竞选者认为,这些小便池在宣扬男性至上、歧视女性的观点。维也纳厕所酒吧的厕所管理人员在拍卖网上表示,小便池在被出售前将被彻底清洗,“每座小便池肯定会被小心翼翼地清洗干净,绘制嘴唇小便池的艺术家将亲自给便池重新喷漆,为‘嘴’画上‘牙齿’,让它们焕然一新。” |