‘Forever Marilyn’ statue to face California protest as it moves to new home: report

The “Forever Marilyn” statue, which depicts the late actress Marilyn Monroe in one of her most famous on-screen moments, is scheduled to return to Palm Springs, California, on Sunday – but not everyone is happy about it.

The group claims the statue – which shows Monroe with her dress blowing up in a scene from the 1955 film, "The Seven Year Itch," is sexist and promotes misogyny, the Desert Sun newspaper of Palm Springs reported. The statue is "designed for viewers to walk in between the legs, look up her dress and snap a picture of her crotch or buttocks for fun," Women's March Inland Empire Executive Director Jenn Carson said in a statement, according to the newspaper. "It is sexist, exploitive and misogynistic," Carson’s statement continued. "Even in death, Marilyn has no peace. We are demanding the statue be moved. #metoomarilyn has no place in Palm Springs."