A Child Of Atom

Bronze statues patina to a nice deep brown color. They aren't the familiar golden color unless they are cleaned with some pretty harsh solvents, or unless they get touched a lot. When you look at a bronze statue the gold parts are the parts that passersby touch most frequently.

What does it say then about New Yorkers that of the two 12' tall bronze nudes that stand in the lobby of the Time Warner Building that the female statue looks like this:


But the male looks like this?