What are your opinions on the "Fearless Girl" statue?

Pr stunt - state street has pending litigation against them from under paying many female workers compared to their male peers years back.

So this is mitigation in the eyes of future female recruits??

I personally thought that it came out of nowhere. I remember waking up one morning and hearing people going crazy about it. I didn't realize that it was so easy to build a statue like that and put it next to the iconic bull.

While it looks good, I think that if State Street had worked with the city and other organizations some more, then it would have turned out a lot better.

I don't have an opinion on the girl statue.

But what we need is a BEAR STATUE facing the bull.
Just like they have in front of the DAX (Frankfurt), and other exchanges globally.

Blind optimism is never healthy.

Definitely just a PR stunt, the idea was developed by the PR Consultancy McCANN New York on behalf of State Street to quell backlash at State Street for accusations of gender-inequality.

The whole thing is silly really. The entire social justice crusade is, in my opinion, largely a trend that State Street's consultants knew they could capitalize on. My favorite part is how they take so much extra care to mention that it's a Latina girl. As though any bronze statue has ever been racially profiled upon its commission before. But hey, if it throws a bone to the Occupy Wall Street weenies, I'm all for it.

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I think that a little girl defiantly standing in front of a frenzied bull is a terrible idea. Not only is that girl setting a dangerous example for future generations of women, but her ill-though-out protest can only serve to reinforce negative stereotypes.

Publicity stunt or not, I like the statue and what it stands for. However, my problem is that just the bull itself is an even more important statue which stands for something which has almost no representation in public spaces - strength of markets and the American economy.

I know that this is a little extreme, but it's sort of like putting a really cool statue that makes an excellent point next to the Statue of Liberty. Look that's great and all, but just leave something as iconic as the Bull or the Statue of Liberty alone.

On a side note, another things that bothers me about it is that although I like the Fearless Girl statue, it disrespects the original intent of the Bull statue. It's like making an amazing painting and then someone else comes in draws something completely unrelated on your artwork to make their point. Kind of jerk thing to do regardless of your point.

That little girl is blithefully ignorant of the fact that she is about to get trampled, and it comes off as ironic.

She doesn't even have a sword or a shield which would protect her. It's the dumbest statue i've ever seen.

PR stunt virtue signaling by a company being sued for underpaying female employees

Will likely be christened with my first ever fling of MS... But it's beyond stupid. The bull represents a growing US economy. The Latina girl (nice subtle touch there), representing affirmative action rubbish is quite literally, in a stand-off with a statue representing a surging economy.

Affirmative action on Wall Street is the biggest load of shit. Goldman Sachs shouldn't care what colour your skin is or who you're attracted to - but for the sake of not looking like some sort of evil monster in this PC world, they take these non-relevant factors into account.

Unsure what it's like in the US, but the BB and MC firms in Australia literally have scholarship recruitment programs purely for women. Why? Do women naturally / genetically make better Analysts? No? Then why is gender relevant...