The Left: V-J Day in Times Square = Sexual Assault

Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photo.

A London-based blogger had a viral article in 2012 titled "The Kissing Sailor, or “TheSelective Blindness of Rape Culture"

In 2016, The New York Daily News' Andy Martino published an article entitled "How a celebrated image marking V-J Day in Times Square has taken on a sinister shade", in which they accused one of the most iconic World War II era photographs, known to most as simply "The Kiss" of being an example of "sexual assault."

Sadly, upon the news of Mendonsa's death, such articles describing the scene as “problematic” are once again coming up from sources like ABCnews4 and even Condé Nast India…

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Sailor Who Kissed Nurse in Iconic WWII Photo Dies At 95

George A. Mendonsa, the sailor and the nurse Greta Z. Friedman holding their iconic photograph.

George Mendonsa, the sailor kissing nurse Greta Zimmer Friedman in the iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt has died Sunday at an assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island just two days short of his 96th birthday, according to his family members.

Known to most as simply "The Kiss", the famous photo shows people celebrating in the streets of New York City on August 14th, 1945 and Mendonsa kissing a random woman, Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse's uniform after the news that Japan has surrendered to the United States on "Victory over Japan Day" or "V-J Day".

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