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TFultz
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Sanitized Met
[Read the article: Real inconvenient truths]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Camille,
I really have to contradict Wink L. Mann's comments about the Met. I confess I am a Met employee (note that anything I say is my own opinion and in no way reflects that of the Met), but that just gave me the opportunity to run out in the galleries to check for such "sanitization". I found that while, yes, I saw no or little full-blown intercourse in the vase galleries, there were tons of naked humans with penises exposed - there were naked satyrs, naked athletes, naked boys, boys, boys. One vase even portrayed an athlete pinching his penis to tie it up before a contest. I certainly saw kylixes with older men/younger men portrayed together - a clear reference to Greek institutionalized homosexuality. And finally I can quite confidently confirm that there are tons of naked statue buttocks all over the building (both male and female) - I have enjoyed them many a time myself. Perhaps Mr. Mann needs to open his eyes just a wee bit more or learn to "read" what he is seeing.