It's the old double standard at work, she says. Penises are so routine as to become subliminal but vaginas are so rarely seen that they're offensive. I mean, here's this shape . . She can't finish the sentence for laughing. She composes herself and continues.
People are so used to that.
They never react at all. Because once her masterpiece has a home, Chicago won't have to worry about leaving it to the critics to decide her worth. But back to the state of feminism in 2000. Nope, she says. The current unpopularity of feminism is just part of a cycle that's been going on for generations, she says.