Culture Undersecretary Vittorio Sgarbi
is at the centre of a sexism storm over a vulgar, foul-mouthed
speech he made at an event at a Rome museum.
Employees at Rome's MAXXI contemporary art museum wrote to their
director to protest after Sgarbi spoke extensively about his
"dick" and his sexual conquests and gave estimates about the
number of women famous statesmen of the past had had sex with.
The speech, made during an event to present the museum's summer
programme, can be seen online.
Sgarbi, an explosive art critic who is never far from
controversy, was angered by the row.
"In that case, let's censor (Pier Paola) Pasolini's (novel)
Petrolio and (Lucio) Battisti's (song) Dieci Ragazze Per Me (Ten
Girls for Me)," he said.
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