Nose piercing

conversation. They each went around the table and described something unique about themselves. One man said he is in a heavy metal band, the group then described what they envisioned him to look like, describing him to have long hair and possible piercings. Another man said he enjoyed reading and studying, particularly cognitive psychology and also spoke at Ted Talks, the group described him as someone who thinks he looks cool, but really is nerdy looking. Once the lights turned on and their…

their job for inked images on their body, employers disqualifying employees applying for a job because of facial piercings, and employees having to hide changes to their appearance to fit company dress codes all exemplify aspects of this issue regarding the treatment of body modifications in the workplace. On one side of this issue, there are those who do not find tattoos and piercings appropriate in the workplace, while on the other side, there are those who are impacted because…

Tattoos are a huge problem in the world today. Everyone I know has tattoos. In the world today, specifically the job world, we do not accept tattoos. Tattoos do not and cannot get you a job because they look “unprofessional” to people. I have two tattoos of my own. These are ways to express yourself, are a form of art, and are used as camouflage. Tattoos are ways to express yourself and who you are. Many people have them. When it comes to getting a job it is hard because people have tattoos…

As I read the body rituals that Miner describes such as “inserting a small bundle of hog hairs into the mouth and moving that bundle around in the mouth, also visiting a holy-mouth man once or twice a year who uses a variety of tools to locate any tooth decay, references men scraping and lacerating the surface of the face with a sharp instrument” it was easy to identify these to our routines of brushing our teeth, going to the dentist and a man shaving his face. I believe Miner is referring to…

After graduation a person often enters into a state of rebellion. For myself, I experienced a mild form of the phenomenon. I wanted to get an ear piercing. I had grown up in a culture where tatoos and piercings had tranformed from a social taboo into a cultural norm. At my high school, anyone who was anyone had a cartlidge piercing. I was never allowed to follow this trend because my mother said that it was not practical because of cheerleading. As our textbook states (Frings, 2008) "fashion…

Yoongi knew what a hangover was like and always assumed that being drugged was pretty much the same. Wow, was he wrong. The time between Jimin stealing him away from the five men to Yoongi being situated on the same man's couch was lost between a dizziness that made his limbs weak. Of course, still having at least a small bit of sense left in him, it was a given that he was going to be cautious around Jimin. His caution just ended up being little shoves to the man's chest in order to get…

have tattoos is going up like crazy. “ Over 20% of adults are now tattooed”(Kennedy). As the generation is getting older you are starting to see more tattoos and piercings. “This number only will be increasing because 38% of Millennials have tattoos, approximately half of whom have two or more, while 23% of millennials have body piercings” (Kennedy). Now to me tattoos are not a bad thing, but is there a chance…

When it comes to physical appearance, there are many natural causes for the different variations of certain characteristics. Humans come in all shapes and sizes with enough combinations that it is not rare to have similar features to someone who may have a completely different background than you. Most of these characteristics occur naturally throughout one’s life, but some individuals take it upon themselves to create their own characteristics through a process called body modification. People…

Over the years, stretching an ear piercing has become widely popular among teens. The bigger that ear piercing is stretched the better it is. People find the whole idea of ear stretching to be gross and pointless. Ear stretching is not understood by older generations because of the terminology used when referring to ear stretching, the process of getting them to a specific size, and the whole idea of someone wanting to have giant holes in their ears. Older generations cannot seem to wrap their…

Tattoos and piercings are becoming a norm in today’s society, and they can be seen on the skin of teachers and Red Cross workers across the nation. Millennials have deemed these modifications as works of art and self-expression, but one Melanie Phillips poses a different point of view. She claims that these self-alterations are forms of self-mutilation, and they serve only to show how corrupt the values of recent generations have become. Her article utilizes extreme criticism of one man’s tattoo…