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Originally Posted by JStrider
I really think that if you have it done on your own and of your free will its not mutilation
When I think of mutilation I think more of things like forced female genital mutilation something that is forced upon someone.
If its done of your own free will its just decoration or a modification
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This is certainly the scholastic definition...
No, what this is is not mutilation. But whether or not it's a phenomenon that disturbs me...that is another question. Yes, it disturbs me, because I don't understand how these manipulations of one's body are supposed to be attractive or an enhancement of one's appearance. I understand piercing, and I understand how certain piercings and certain jewelry enhances one's appearance and expresses one's self. But this...this is completely foreign to me, but it still isn't mutilation. It's manipulation of one's body, and that's a personal choice.