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I think the "fearless girl" statue is a fine work of art as a standalone piece. It doesn't make much sense in its current context.
It makes perfect sense to me. She's standing up against all the forces of unchecked masculinity which still rule our world. Look at the guy who just got elected, an incompetent pussygrabber reality TV show host who beat out of the most qualified candidates ever. In the context of the world we live in, I believe the fearless girl represents the energy and ferocity it takes to resist such a world on a daily basis. She is confronted by faceless, systemic forces that are far more powerful than she is, but she stands tall and proud and faces them directly. It's a great message and I say it should stay up. Apparently New York agrees with me.
I do believe it speaks to the fragility and vulnerability of supposed "manly men" that people feel the need to attack this image and try to get it taken down. Even the very idea of a feminine image such as the girl standing alongside the charging bull gives many men a fleeting shock of horror, it would seem. And that's all the more reason the girl needs to stay up. Hey look, the statue has already started a great conversation about toxic masculinity. Well, that's another good reason for it to stay up.