Why Get Pierced?

The phrase "every body's doing it" seems to be an excuse for almost anything we do these days. Whether we cut our hair wrong, wear the wrong color, or do something totally stupid, we easily laugh away the embarrassment with the phrase that everybody is saying. In fact, the phrase itself has become a fad. Why do we as a society tend to do things just because everyone else is doing them? Perhaps people are all blindly following because we have not figured out exactly what we ourselves want to be doing. People follow fads because it is easier for them to identify with other people when they are all alike. However, as people begin to

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But there were a few things that I have taken in mostly from observation. But, it seems the majority of people in today’s culture use it just as another accessory.

Discussion

People get pierced for many various reasons.

Many feel that body modification is another form of individuality. Why did you choose to get pierced?

5. They want to make a change that will make them happy. I had thought about doing it for a while, and then one day I just felt like going to get it done and poof, I was pierced. But for whatever it may be, they almost all agree that they like it. They also use it to express themselves, whether it be the way they feel, what they believe in, or whatever they may use it for.

Conclusion

Very little information was found from the surveys. It is a part of their freedom, to do what they choose, and to look the way they want. The majority of the people that took the survey said they wanted more holes.

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Approximate Word count = 1091
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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