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The plunging neckline led to denial of access to a renowned museum that houses some of the most famous nude paintings in the world.
One of the largest museums in Paris, the Musée d’Orsay, was accused of sexual discrimination and forced to lie down. The reason is that a literature student was denied entry for the first time because he was wearing a dress with a plunging neckline.
A museum employee told the woman that “rules are rules” and then demanded that she fill the visible gap if she wanted to access the works of art, which paradoxically consist of nude paintings.
Open letter on Twitter
The humiliating incident led the literature student, referred to as Jeavne, to write an open letter on Twitter recounting the experience, writes The Guardian.
– When I got to the museum entrance, I had not even managed to get my ticket before the sight of my breasts and my short dress surprised the staff at the counter, the woman writes in a long post in Twitter.
The staff must have said the following to the literature student: “Oh no, it’s not possible, that doesn’t work.”
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– They looked at my breasts
Additionally, Jeavne writes that she felt profound shame, as she claimed that museum staff stared at the call.
– I asked “what’s going on?” But nobody responded. They looked at my breasts. I didn’t really understand what happened, the woman writes on Twitter.
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The museum staff is said to have asked him to calm down and told him that “rules are rules.” On the other hand, none of them pointed to the specific rules that they allegedly had broken.
– At no time did anyone say that my breasts were a problem.
He claims that museum staff just nodded at the call and said “that” was the problem.
In the end, he gave up, put on a jacket, and was allowed into the museum.
– I got the impression that everyone was just looking at my breasts. It was just breasts, she writes later in the post.
– I’m not just a body. Their double standards should not be an obstacle for me to access culture and knowledge, the post concludes.
Asked for an apology
The Twitter post went viral on social media and ended when the museum called Jeavne personally and deeply apologized.
This isn’t the first time the museum has hit hard on bare skin that hasn’t been painted onto canvas. In 2016, the museum called the police when a performance artist posed nude next to a painting of jellyfish inside the museum. He had to spend almost two days in custody before a judge dismissed the charge of indecent public conduct.
Topless debate in France
The backdrop to the case is the great topless debate that took place in France this summer. The debate was sparked by police on a beach in southern France who ordered three topless women to cover their breasts following complaints from other beach guests. Critical voices called the case hypocritical and it all ended with Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin defending the precious right of women to sunbathe topless.
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