Out of all of the lectures that were on the module guide I thought that this lecture would be the least interesting. I was however wrong.
When we were asked, "who has modified there body?" nearly every one in the class put their hands up. A student close to me who had not put his hand up remarked that he could not believe how many people had modified their body, he soon fell from his high horse though when the lecturer explained that something as simple as cutting your hair was modifying your body.
I did not know that tattoos and piercings were used as a way of identity in tribes, and that they see it as racism when someone copies the style of their tattoos.
Some of the piercings were horrible, like the ones where people were suspended from wires by the piercings that they had, had done on their backs.
It was interesting to learn that key figures such as Winston Churchill's mom and the Queen Mother both had tattoos.
I don't think that body modifications are necessarily a bad thing, once again I think that it is down to personal preference.
When we were asked, "who has modified there body?" nearly every one in the class put their hands up. A student close to me who had not put his hand up remarked that he could not believe how many people had modified their body, he soon fell from his high horse though when the lecturer explained that something as simple as cutting your hair was modifying your body.
I did not know that tattoos and piercings were used as a way of identity in tribes, and that they see it as racism when someone copies the style of their tattoos.
Some of the piercings were horrible, like the ones where people were suspended from wires by the piercings that they had, had done on their backs.
It was interesting to learn that key figures such as Winston Churchill's mom and the Queen Mother both had tattoos.
I don't think that body modifications are necessarily a bad thing, once again I think that it is down to personal preference.
Here is a link to a website that contains images of tattoos and body piercings along with information about them!
http://www.bmezine.com/
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