I took my wife to see the 2007 Chicago "Body Worlds" exhibits on our honeymoon. Whatever the circumstances were that led to those people (and camel) being there for us to stare at, I appreciate the opportunity, and thank them for it.
Just heard about this on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with Marianna Van Zeller. Gotta say hearing about the murdered prisoners plasticized and used in exhibits sent chills that I’m still thinking about days later. Worse, some of these poses are extremely degrading. There are exhibits where a two bodies are simulating sex with the women’s abdomen cut away to show the full penetration and their faces and bodies contorted to simulate sexual pleasure. There is more than one. It’s disgusting.
Joe also tells the story of a 6-8 month pregnant woman who was having an affair and the wife who worked at the plastic factory found out. Pregnant woman disappears and a few months later a similar body of a woman with child is on display. Similar apparent body description in terms of height, weight, and gestation age.
see also this from 2006: https://www.npr.org/2006/08/11/5637687/origins-of-exhibited-...
I took my wife to see the 2007 Chicago "Body Worlds" exhibits on our honeymoon. Whatever the circumstances were that led to those people (and camel) being there for us to stare at, I appreciate the opportunity, and thank them for it.