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I actually went in the store and spoke with the owners. Took a lot of chutzpah. I basically asked the reason for those mannequins. He replied that it was to show women with different sizes. It seems he realizes that those mannequins are porn-ish. He also stated they plan to move their shop to 82nd st, and it's some kind of wholesale business. He stated he might tone down the display.

Wow, Kate, thanks for taking the initiative.   It could well be that the store owners' intent was entirely benign, so it's good for them to receive feedback if the community perceives otherwise.

Here's a photo of the mannequins in question, plus one more from a shop up the street --just to round things out!  (thanks to my friend N. for the photos)

Orzabelle - Accusations of intentional silliness towards the right honorable gentleman uh, erm... Bozo? Pshaw.

Silly would be for me to say, "First they came for the mannequins with enormous mammary glands and I said nothing because I did not display top heavy torsos in my windows." Or suggest that this thread reminds me of the Old Man's lamp in "A Christmas Story".

Both me and the girlfriend will miss them if they go if only because they surpass sexist mores in a very Baudrillardian way, defining the Hyperreality of female frontal sexual appendages or some such po-mo claptrap.

Oh, and we'd giggle like 12 year olds every time we saw them.

From the photos that Shelby posted, the male mannequin seems to be positioned conveniently.  It's as if he's gawking at the other two.  Funny that the male one is dressed conservatively. 

They arer a HOOT !
If we are worried about how this is effecting our teenages, well, lets remove all the super skinny mannequins, and all the super overly gay shirts, etc. etc.

joni, can you point those out for me on the avenue?  And what exactly are "overly gay shirts", and why would this intimidate you?

I say dress them up in burkas.  JH the police state.  :police:

'nuff said.