Video: 55-foot tall statue of nude woman stirring controversy and conversation

Video: 55-foot tall statue of nude woman stirring controversy and conversation

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Debate is not over the statue's artistic merit or its message of female empowerment but whether the 13,000-pound nude is appropriate in public

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