In fact, it was revealed that many of them were involved in the ivy league nude posture scandal This exposed a series of photo shoots conducted on college campuses in the 20th century, raising profound ethical questions about consent, privacy, and the exploitation of young students ‘for science.’ Posture photographs have become rather notorious over the years Their fame results at least partially from ron rosenbaum’s article, “great ivy league nude posture photo scandal” that appeared in the new york times magazine a few years ago. As part of a mandatory “posture” class focused on personal and physical refinement, female students were regularly weighed, rigorously measured, and photographed fully nude 50 times more often than their male counterparts. According to the new york times, universities like yale, harvard, princeton, vassar, mount holyoke, smith, and other elite institutions used to require freshmen to take nude photos as part of a study on posture.
Yale and the ivy league were not alone in these intrusions into privacy, rosenbaum reported The “seven sisters” schools took their share of student nude photos, including those of future politicians, writers, and celebrities.
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