Though there is lots of fascinating stuff in the Body Worlds exhibit. It is in the end, all pretty gross stuff.
I am of two minds concerning the show.
I do know for certain that I would not go to it again.
We went when my youngest was a few months old and stood before the pregnant woman who died with a fetus that was, at it’s stage of development, the same age my own child had been about one year before.
She has known she was going to pass away and asked to be plastinated with her baby. I think she was German, not Chinese.
I sat down at the nearest bench and said a prayer for her and her baby and just thought about how terribly sad it was that their lives were cut short. And about how a year ago I had been about as pregnant as she was then. It was very odd and moving.
On the day we went, it was very crowded and busy, yet no one there was loud or disrespectful in any way. Kids weren’t running around, and everyone seemed fascinated.
I saw lots of people marveling at the majesty of the human body - just amazed.
The area where the pregnant woman and the fetuses were was almost like a library; everyone was so respectful; whispering, standing there in awe.
I would go again in a minute and I would recommend it to anyone. The awe and respect I saw in people’s faces for the human body and human life was inspiring.
If humans really did volunteer for the process then, I think it would be interesting to see.
However, my husband has a problem with it.
It was at the Tech Center in San Jose, and my husband did not want to go, and did not want me to take our kids.