However, when one makes radical changes that may be quite original and go against society's standards, there is usually backlash. ... These forms of body adornment are seen by the larger part of Western society as mutilation. ... In contemporary Western society, people who alter their appearance in socially provocative ways are typically youths, and because youths are essentially the future of society it is potentially revelatory to examine why so many deliberately choose to separate themselves from the population at large. ... Vouchsafe, therefore I beseech thee, to strip me out of the o...

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