An Australian bar has been condemned on social media for using near-naked women as fruit platters at its grand re-opening.
Cruise Bar in Sydney hosted a tropical-themed party to mark its
re-opening, with its celebrations including inviting guests to eat fruit
off the bodies of scantily clad women.
Dozens of pictures of the event were shared on social media sites,
which were largely met with shock, disgust and contempt, with the bar
widely criticised for objectifying women.
Melanie James, an academic from the University of Newcastle in
Australia, voiced her disgust at the display calling it “unacceptable”
via Twitter.
She later posted a blog to the university’s site detailing her
response to the scenes, writing: “Having women acting as fruit platters
at an upmarket Sydney soiree is designed to perhaps titillate, and to
certainly generate a reaction from the viewer. Pleasure? Discomfort?
Horror? Uncertainty? The designer of such a display doesn’t care as long
as there is a reaction.”
While there were also scantily male models at the event, they were
not used in the same way, as Nora Fries pointed out writing on the
Cruise Bar’s Facebook page.
“They weren’t lying on their backs like slabs of meat being offered
to the public”, she said. “And if they were, it’d be just as disgusting.
It’s not the nudity. It’s the objectification of the human body, and
for either gender, it’s sickening.”
Ulrike Zimmermann added: “Are
you out of your minds? Serving food on women’s bodies is not only
tasteless but is also promoting a culture where women are objectified.
This is the 21st century and it is NOT ok.”
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