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   From: gag.a.hag@sfchronicle.com   
      
   A bronze statue of a "Fearless Girl" was placed before the Wall   
   Street bull on Tuesday night. By Thursday, a passerby had   
   captured a man in a blue suit appearing to gyrate against the   
   statue in an act of desecration.   
      
   Alexis Kaloyanides, whose Facebook profile picture and cover   
   photo feature images of the Women's March on Washington, posted   
   the photo to her Facebook and Instagram on Thursday night. The   
   Facebook post has since been shared more than 16,000 times.   
      
   Accompanying the image, Queens-based Kaloyanides wrote, "Almost   
   as if out of central casting, some Wall Street finance broseph   
   appeared and started humping the statue while his gross date   
   rape-y friends laughed and cheered him on."   
      
   "Douchebags like this are why we need feminism," added   
   Kaloyanides, a designer at the Huntsman Architectural Group in   
   New York City, according to her LinkedIn profile.   
      
   Kaloyanides told Inside Edition she choose to share the   
   offensive act online to expose the ongoing culture of abuse and   
   sexualization of girls.   
      
   She told the entertainment program that, "This is just further   
   perpetuating a mentality of 'boys will be boys,' and that 'it's   
   okay, it's a joke, just brush it off. This young man likely has   
   a mother, a sister perhaps, a girlfriend, a wife — who knows?   
   I'm getting tired of making excuses and laughing it off. I for   
   one am not gonna laugh it off anymore."   
      
   The "Fearless Girl" sculpture was created by artist Kristen   
   Visbal.   
      
   State Street Global Advisers, a $2.5 trillion asset managing   
   firm, funded the project with ad agency McCann New York. The   
   purpose of the installation was to build a "brand experience"   
   and to draw attention to the dearth of women on the boards of   
   the largest U.S. corporations.   
      
   "As a steward of nearly $2.5 trillion of assets, we want to   
   engage with boards and management around issues that we think   
   will drive core results," said Lori Heinel, State Street's   
   deputy global chief investment officer. "And what you find   
   repeatedly is having more diverse boards and more diverse senior   
   management will actually drive better results for companies."   
      
   State Street obtained a one-week permit for the statue to stand   
   in its current position, staring down the 7,000-pound bull of   
   Wall Street.   
      
   http://www.sfgate.com/national/article/man-appears-to-desecratre-   
   fearless-girl-statue-10995310.php   
       
      
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