The Pioneer Family

This is the story of the pioneer family that is forever captured in the statue at Bush Pasture Park... Actually it's not really a story but more or less some disturbing observations about the statue that concern me, especially since the statue is titled "The Guidance of Youth."
Here are my issues with this statue.
1. All of their faces look exactly the same.... Either the artist couldn't sculpt any other face, or the family was.... Nevermind. But yeah, it's like they are all clones or something.
2. The father and son are both looking up and forward, showing their strength and confidence.
The mother however, has her eyes downcast.
Is this a sign of our culture's former view of women? Is it showing that woman are closed minded and would rather focus on their immediate surroundings? Or maybe it's the age old, "women don't know how to navigate, leave it to the men" attitude. Whatever.

And then finally there's this.
The effing kid is grabbing at his father's junk!!! How creepish is that?!?!

Yeah, so I think I have made my point.

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Just wait for the squirrels... It'll be great.