Boobs in the wind at the Musée d'Orsay: Femen protest the museum's dress-code

by Redazione , published on 14/09/2020
Categories: Museums / Disclaimer
Femen movement protests against the Musée d'Orsay, which last week asked a girl to cover her cleavage.

About 20 activists from the Femen movement protested bare-breasted, as per their typical modus operandi, inside the Musée d’Orsay in Paris: the women stood inside the central gallery and, with their right arm raised, chanted the slogan l’obscenité est dans vos yeux (“obscenity is in your eyes”). On their bodies, they wrote phrases such as “ceci n’est pas obscène” (“this is not obscene”) or “obscène à cause de vous” (“obscene because of you.”

The protest was staged Sunday afternoon in response to an incident that occurred last week at the museum, when a visitor, a 22-year-old literature student, was blocked at the entrance because of cleavage that was deemed too conspicuous: employees of the company that holds the Musée d’Orsay’s ticketing concession had asked her to cover up to enter, and the girl had written a letter of protest. The museum had then issued a note apologizing for the incident, and privately contacted the young woman.

Boobs in the wind at the Musée d'Orsay: Femen protest the museum's dress-code
Boobs in the wind at the Musée d'Orsay: Femen protest the museum's dress-code


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