September 16, 200916 yr Seems nobody wanted to chime in on a thread involving necrophilia. Weird. . . Two thoughts: 1) I don't think the exhibits are technically depicting necrophilia since both parties to the depicted sex acts are deceased. 2) I really like the plastination body exhibits (I've seen exhibits by both major companies doing the installations), but very much dislike the decision to depict bodies having sex if this means that more museums will decide not to book the exhibit. I took both my kids to see the BODIES exhibit when it came to the MOSI in Tampa. It was outstanding, it prompted healthy debate about the ethics and educational pros and cons of an exhibit like this, and it brought in enough of us morbid folks that the engagement was held over for several months and admission fees pretty much paid for the addition of an entire new wing of the museum. My kids were fairly young — five and seven, or around there — and they asked all kinds of great questions about what they were seeing, including naughty bits questions, naturally. But, I would not have taken them to the exhibit had it depicted outright intercourse, as that was not the proper venue to initiate those discussions in addition to the ones already being had. I guess I'm just old fashioned and I think sex is best learned about at the primate house at the zoo!
September 16, 200916 yr QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) Seems nobody wanted to chime in on a thread involving necrophilia. Weird. . . Two thoughts: 1) I don't think the exhibits are technically depicting necrophilia since both parties to the depicted sex acts are deceased. 2) I really like the plastination body exhibits (I've seen exhibits by both major companies doing the installations), but very much dislike the decision to depict bodies having sex if this means that more museums will decide not to book the exhibit. I took both my kids to see the BODIES exhibit when it came to the MOSI in Tampa. It was outstanding, it prompted healthy debate about the ethics and educational pros and cons of an exhibit like this, and it brought in enough of us morbid folks that the engagement was held over for several months and admission fees pretty much paid for the addition of an entire new wing of the museum. My kids were fairly young — five and seven, or around there — and they asked all kinds of great questions about what they were seeing, including naughty bits questions, naturally. But, I would not have taken them to the exhibit had it depicted outright intercourse, as that was not the proper venue to initiate those discussions in addition to the ones already being had. I guess I'm just old fashioned and I think sex is best learned about at the primate house at the zoo! If both parties are deceased it is no longer necrophilia. Just zombie porn.
September 16, 200916 yr QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Sep 16, 2009 -> 05:12 PM) If both parties are deceased it is no longer necrophilia. Just zombie porn. If the corpses are not reanimated I think it's just a pair of plastinated bodies arranged in an unfortunate manner.
September 17, 200916 yr QUOTE (The Critic @ Sep 17, 2009 -> 11:01 AM) Even the dead ladies can't resist Axe body spray. How did I know you would be all over this thread when it was posted? :lol:
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