My mother’s brief flashback started my research to verify if her mental faculties were still intact! There it was - a detailed and compelling article by Ron Rosenbaum in the New York Times Magazine Section, January 15, 1995: “The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal. ![]() Sounds ridiculous - but this really happened. Imagine for a moment - Going off to your freshman year of college a little nervous - “Will you do well in your classes? Will you get along with your roommate? You then learn about a mandatory procedure for freshmen - a “posture study” where you’re photographed stark naked from the front, back and side. In doing some research on body image over several generations in my family, my 86- year-old mother mentioned an incident of which she had never spoken.
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