Throughout history,those with marked physiological differences from the norm have suffered discrimination by the majority.I suppose we should regard it as progress of a kind that persecution has given way to exploitation.Undoubtedly,the best known example of this is the disfigured Joseph Merrick,who enjoyed fame (if either "enjoyed" or "fame" could be said to apply) as the Elephant Man in an East End freak show in the 1880s,before being introduced to an altogether better class of punter by the physician Sir Frederick Treves.
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