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Related: About this forumParis Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots likened to 'clitoris in trainers'
Frances mascots for the 2024 Olympic Games have been likened to a giant clitoris in trainers, with the French newspaper Libération hailing it as a revolutionary departure from the traditional phallic symbol of the Eiffel Tower.
When the two triangular red mascots, the Phryges, were unveiled for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, they were presented as the shape of Phrygian caps, the floppy, conical hats associated with the French Revolution.
The Paris organising committee said it was an opportunity to embody the French spirit by offering something new in a break from the traditional animal figure often chosen for the Olympics.
But the little red figures have swiftly been likened to clitorises with smiley faces. They bear a notable resemblance to the giant inflatable, red clitoris put up opposite the Eiffel Tower on last years International Womens Day by a feminist group campaigning for more education and scientific research on the organ whose sole function is the female orgasm.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/15/mascot-paris-olympic-games-2024-likened-to-clitoris-in-trainers-phryges
When the two triangular red mascots, the Phryges, were unveiled for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, they were presented as the shape of Phrygian caps, the floppy, conical hats associated with the French Revolution.
The Paris organising committee said it was an opportunity to embody the French spirit by offering something new in a break from the traditional animal figure often chosen for the Olympics.
But the little red figures have swiftly been likened to clitorises with smiley faces. They bear a notable resemblance to the giant inflatable, red clitoris put up opposite the Eiffel Tower on last years International Womens Day by a feminist group campaigning for more education and scientific research on the organ whose sole function is the female orgasm.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/15/mascot-paris-olympic-games-2024-likened-to-clitoris-in-trainers-phryges
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Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots likened to 'clitoris in trainers' (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2022
OP
Come to Paris J'aime Paris But the little red figures have swiftly been likened to clitorises with
Botany
Nov 2022
#3
I daresay the world could use a pair of dancing clitorises right now.
The Unmitigated Gall
Nov 2022
#4
Pachamama
(16,886 posts)1. Love it
The French are being French and the reactions are funny
dweller
(23,620 posts)2. They certainly look happy 😊
✌🏻
Botany
(70,476 posts)3. Come to Paris J'aime Paris But the little red figures have swiftly been likened to clitorises with
Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots likened to clitoris in trainers
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,797 posts)4. I daresay the world could use a pair of dancing clitorises right now.
3catwoman3
(23,965 posts)5. Some folks must have better...
...imaginations than I do. Totally not seeing this.