Why Get Pierced?
Piercing one's body has become a popular fad in today's culture. But for some people, they don't know why they get a hole put through them. They just seem to do it out of boredom, or just the pure fun of doing something different. It seems like piercing is a part of today's culture, just like tattoos and dyed hair. It's just another way for people to change how they look, how they feel, and how others perceive them. The purpose of this study is to try and get a better understanding of why people get pierced. Little was found, but it helps break some ground into this area.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
5. Why do you think people get pierced? ads were once fad followers who have simply discovered how different they want to be. Whether we follow or lead, we all cycle throughout life an integral part of the defining fads. It is easy to realize how far piercing has come from it's beginnings. From a ritualistic practice to a common trend, it has been an important part of peoples lives, for whatever reason they do it. After getting back all of the surveys, I realized that a lot of people think the same way I do. They don't know why they got pierced either. There were a few that gave some answers though. Many do it for the way it looks. They want to change their appearance, just like when someone cuts or dyes their hair. Other reasons were because they are addicted to piercing, because they think it feels good, it's not as permanent as a tattoo, it makes them unique, and my personal favorite, to "rebel against parents." Another interesting thing that came from this was that once someone gets pierced once, they usually don't stop there. The majority of the people that took the survey said they wanted more holes.
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Abstract Piercing, Discussion People, Appendices Survey, Gender Male, people pierced, today's culture, college students, yes /, survey pierced, friends pierced, people don't, majority people, else doing, doing people,
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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