Sex isn't going to go away, so comments will continue, although not as disparaging as in the past.

La Conquistadora is bound up in the history of La Villa Real and has especial meaning to those who have ties to original families who settled in New Mexico before the takeover by the United States, especially those families who experienced the Jornada del Muerto (1680). The statue was carried by those fleeing the Indian revolt, and brought back in triumph with them.
These settlers have been eclipsed by the wave of immigrants from outside, but their history is important to them.