MORE OPINION: Getting out the mama-bear claws for everyone.
"Some have derided the statute as 'fake corporate feminism,' suggesting that the statue is less about promoting gender equity than it is a publicity stunt," according to The Atlantic. "They see the installment as a successful marketing coup masquerading as a message of female empowerment, or Wall Street pinkwashing. Others lament the use of a young girl's image to represent the ambitions and goals of grown women."
Also, the bull's creator, Arturo Di Modica, is upset — claiming that his representation of a strong economy has now been recontextualized without his say-so into an anti-woman piece.
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