Bodycheck Gallery | Dr Sommer

The good news: The spirit of the Bodycheck Gallery is more alive than ever. It lives in every progressive sex ed teacher who draws a diagram on a whiteboard. It lives in every parent who answers a child's awkward question without flinching. And it lives in the memory of millions of Germans who know that, thanks to a kind man with a curtain and a camera, they survived puberty just a little less afraid.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, before strict copyright and privacy laws tightened, low-resolution clips of Dr. Sommer segments floated around peer-to-peer networks like eMule and Kazaa. These clips were often mislabeled, grainy, and frequently confused with other European sex education shows (such as the Dutch Sek voor je leven or the British Living and Growing ). Dr Sommer Bodycheck Gallery

The answer came from a gentle, white-haired man on a screen: Dr. Sommer. The good news: The spirit of the Bodycheck