Wife buys Fearless Girl statute for her husband

by philg

A friend of a friend purchased a $6,500 miniature reproduction of the Fearless Girl statue as a gift for her husband and then had him pose with the “symbol of empowerment and encouragement” for some Instagram fame. From the artist’s web site:

20% of the net proceeds will be set aside as a non-profit donation. Once the edition has sold, a decision will be made determining the best allocation for these funds. Funding from any and all Fearless Girl reproductions may be amassed for a special program designed to promote one or any of the gender diversity goals Fearless Girl stands for:

To support women in leadership positions, the empowerment of young women, women’s education, gender equality, the reduction of prejudice in the work place through education, equal pay and the general well-being of women.

(She quit her career upon marriage, so actually it was the husband’s earnings that paid for the “gift”. And the money was earned working for a sanctimonious Silicon Valley company that grew to success with almost no female employees in any positions directly related to generating revenue. That said, the couple can be said to be an example of “gender equality” if we reference “Gender equity should be measured by consumption, not income?“.)

Readers: The wife in this couple is beyond the age of likely fertility. So it will just be two adults with a sizable Fearless Girl statute in their home (i.e., no “young women” will be regularly inspired by this statue). What kind of conversation do you think it will spark among their guests? (100 percent loyal Hillary voters, I think!)

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11 thoughts on “Wife buys Fearless Girl statute for her husband”

  1. Thought the Wall St statue was a protest against capitalism, so it’s funny to see her charging $6500 for a limited edition. If the statue had a slightly changed pose, was taller, it could be used for something practical & actually be worth the money.

  3. It’s become imperative to update and correct that fake and dangerous statue, and its replicas too. We know from Christine Blasey Ford that a few minutes with drunken teenage boys is enough to cause permanent psychological damage to the female victim.

    The right thing to do therefore is to replace it with a statue of “Fearful Girl” in a pose of abject cringing terror. It’s too late for CBF but for the sake of future generations, it is time to act!

  4. Conversation? That sort of implies one party present would be listening. Is that something that might be reasonably expected in the company of those who would admire this bronze totem?

  6. Fearless Girl statue never made sense. Only someone with absolutely no idea of the nature of an actual bull could find it inspiring. More appropriate title would be “Girl Looking Strikingly Defiant While About to Suffer Painful Death – Absent Parent To Face Harsh Criminal Charges for Neglect.” Seriously, that’s all I’ve ever been able to draw from that arrangement.

  7. @Raleigh:
    Did you see that statue? It was a 100% virtue signalling.
    The author was not an aspiring Michelangelo.
    (Hence the peeing pug I linked to above.)

  8. “Fearless Girl was commissioned by investment firm State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to advertise for an index fund which comprises gender-diverse companies that have a relatively high percentage of women among their senior leadership. The plaque below the statue states: “Know the power of women in leadership. SHE makes a difference,” with “SHE” being both a descriptive pronoun and the fund’s NASDAQ ticker symbol.”

    Oh well.

  10. Tony, I am just surprised that people failed to recognise the statue as some sort of ‘inspirational commercial’, since that is what’s on the tin to start with.

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