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Old 11-11-2020, 11:15 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic View Post
The point of memorialising is to honour someone for their achievement, and I think speculating about the dead person's opinion is valid. The naked figurine seems like a slap in the face to MW's feminism.
I'd just like to point out that part of your argument defending a feminist's modesty is essentially just stereotyping women as being monolithically modest.
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