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A large statue of a mermaid in Denmark is set to be removed from public view after critics described it as “ugly and pornographic” and a “man’s hot dream of what a woman should look like”. The 13ft ...

Plans to remove a statue of a mermaid in Denmark from a historical landmark have sparked debate, with the busty sculpture criticised as "ugly and pornographic". The granite 14-tonne Den Store Havfrue ...

"Erecting a statue of a man's hot dream of what a woman should look like is unlikely to promote many women's acceptance of their own bodies." So wrote Sørine Gotfredsen, a priest and journalist, in ...