"The new meat on the market"
This photograph was taking during a protest by PETA activist to show the public, mostly the meat eaters, how we are animals too (living things) and how no one would like to end up all bloody wrapped up in plastic sitting in a supermarket freezer. While looking at this image i was shocked on how bold these activist are and how they can take the idea of packed meat into something so… impacting!. I believe that the subject, when being gazed at pertrates a sense of vulnerability or weakness due to the position and form in which the human body is being displayed. Although during this protest there were male subjects, there was a larger amount of females. What I can conclude about gender roles in this image and the whole protest is that a female body when being exposed to the public in the nude and, in this case, laying down on the floor bloody sends a stronger message of helplessness than a male body.
Juan David