04-15-2011, 10:34 AM
My body modification is mostly limited to makeup and the most "extreme" I have is pierced ears hehe... so really I have no personal experience.
The range of what's acceptable vs not widely accepted is interesting... for instance, hairdye has the "utilitarian" use of hiding gray hair (therefore hiding age) but is most commonly used by women to make themselves look more attractive. But it seems the fact that it's non-invasive means it's closer to makeup (which is widely accepted) than it is to plastic surgery (which, though common and accepted now, still carries a stigma). What I do find interesting is the stigma against people making themselves look different than normal... tattoos, extreme surgery, implanted whiskers, etc. I wonder why people react negatively against it (even me, I would be taken aback by the sight of a person with lots of piercings and tattoos on his face, but really, why should it be a big deal at all?)
The range of what's acceptable vs not widely accepted is interesting... for instance, hairdye has the "utilitarian" use of hiding gray hair (therefore hiding age) but is most commonly used by women to make themselves look more attractive. But it seems the fact that it's non-invasive means it's closer to makeup (which is widely accepted) than it is to plastic surgery (which, though common and accepted now, still carries a stigma). What I do find interesting is the stigma against people making themselves look different than normal... tattoos, extreme surgery, implanted whiskers, etc. I wonder why people react negatively against it (even me, I would be taken aback by the sight of a person with lots of piercings and tattoos on his face, but really, why should it be a big deal at all?)
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?