Critics Don't Find Stones Toilet Humour Funny
Controversy over Stones museum urinals
The newly opened Rolling Stones museum in Lüchow, Germany has reportedly come under fire for its choice of urinals in the men's toilets.
The L.A. Times (via Ultimate Classic Rock) reports that critics of the bathroom art say it conveys a "misogynistic message.” "It’s discrimination against women,” local feminist Roda Armbruster tells Hamburg based broadcast network NDR, explaining that without the tongue it’s just a woman’s mouth a man is relieving himself into.
It seems unlikely that the outcry will change the decor of the museum’s mens room. Founder Ulli Schroder says they’re art, not a man’s mouth or a woman’s mouth. "They were damned expensive and they’re staying where they are,” he said, according to the International Business Times. "That’s final.”
Dutch artist Meike van Schijndel designed the toilets, which have been decorating bathrooms worldwide since the early 2000′s.