I live in New York. I have seen the subway specials advertising Bodies: The Exhibition. Ads on billboards say See "Bodies"- with a metrocard you can have five dollars off. The bodies in the Bodies and the Body World Exhibitions are often young men and women who have been turned into macabre monstrosities for our viewing "pleasure". I have seen the pictures for years now and I cannot take it anymore. This is a terrible crime. How can we as a society allow this to take place. The bodies are oftenn in healthy condition with no obvious illness, scars, or abnormalities. The musculature of most, of these cadavers, other than the ones displayed as diseased, appears toned and not that of the bodies of those who have been sick, in accidents, or victims of wasting illness. The companies who provide these bodies refuse to provide provenance for them, citing privacy.
I have been in contact with Aaron Ginsburg, who seems to be leading the fight against this travesty
Aaron Ginsburg's web pages are here
dignityinboston.googlepages.com/
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