Trisha wrote an amazing essay on the social stigmas of body modification and how they may or may not affect a persons everyday activities in society. Her view was that its ludicrous for society to place stigmas and prejudices on people with "crazy modifications" when in reality all types of surgery for pleasure {i.e- breast implants, nose jobs, hearing devices, and the like} are all forms of body modification, but because most people like them they tolerate them.
I completely agree with Trisha and her view on the way that society treats people that have chosen to modify their bodies. I think it is a fault within humanity when people make and assumption about someone based on their outside appearance with out even having a conversation with them first. Trisha has awesome examples through out her essay about how body modifications, unfortunately, can negatively affect someones life.
One example i really liked was a story about a guy who got into an accident and was sent to the hospital, but because of his facial piercings he was refused treatment and left to die because the nursing staff assumed that because he had facial piercings he was apart of a gay sadomasochistic culture an therefore probably had AIDS. Most people are not discriminated against to this degree but this mans story shows what can happen to people in an extreme case. I thinks it simply very sad.
I personally know many people that have piercings, stretched ears, tattoos, and sub dermal jewelry implants and they are some of the most down to earth, amazing people i know. I think that the people that stigmatize these people are the ones that are missing out. I appreciate Trisha and her essay because maybe if people took the time to read it, they would realize that the people that choose to modify their bodies are not bad people who are down the wayward path to self destruction. They are normal people like you and me, they simply chose their bodies as their own unique canvas of self expression.
Here's the link...I'm still trying to figure out how to embed links into the actual text of a post (http://www.bmezine.com/news/edit/A51212/artsocie.html)
I completely agree with Trisha and her view on the way that society treats people that have chosen to modify their bodies. I think it is a fault within humanity when people make and assumption about someone based on their outside appearance with out even having a conversation with them first. Trisha has awesome examples through out her essay about how body modifications, unfortunately, can negatively affect someones life.
One example i really liked was a story about a guy who got into an accident and was sent to the hospital, but because of his facial piercings he was refused treatment and left to die because the nursing staff assumed that because he had facial piercings he was apart of a gay sadomasochistic culture an therefore probably had AIDS. Most people are not discriminated against to this degree but this mans story shows what can happen to people in an extreme case. I thinks it simply very sad.
I personally know many people that have piercings, stretched ears, tattoos, and sub dermal jewelry implants and they are some of the most down to earth, amazing people i know. I think that the people that stigmatize these people are the ones that are missing out. I appreciate Trisha and her essay because maybe if people took the time to read it, they would realize that the people that choose to modify their bodies are not bad people who are down the wayward path to self destruction. They are normal people like you and me, they simply chose their bodies as their own unique canvas of self expression.
Here's the link...I'm still trying to figure out how to embed links into the actual text of a post (http://www.bmezine.com/news/edit/A51212/artsocie.html)
I don't think that it is that we consider them bad people. It is just that our society, still doesn't accept extreme body modification. It is a thing that is still a taboo to some people including myself. In the end though it is up to you if you want to participate in this form of self expression or not. It just comes with the territory, that you will most likely be judged harshly if you do it. It will take people a ;long time before this is cponsidered in the norm.
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