So I've been talking a
lot about body modification lately, both here on my blog and with my
friends. One of the main points that we keep coming back to is how
acceptable is it to change your body. I have one friend, Eloise, who
was arguing that she would never have body modification done because
she doesn't feel it is right to interfere with what God gave her –
but she has her ears pierced! So I said, well if God intended you to
have holes in your ears you'd be born that way. She conceeded that
what she meant was major mods like tattoos or subdermals and so
on.
It was then that my Shiva said 'well what about cosmetic surgery?'. We all kind of stopped and thought about it for a moment. We pretty much all agreed that even though it is deemed much more socially acceptable, surely having a breast augmentation or a tummy tuck is also body modification? By the very definition body modification is the act of permenantly (or semi permanently) altering your body's natural state. That means that if you go up 3 cup sizes then you are fundamentally changing your body. If you have a rib removed to get a tiny waist or even if you get a nose job then you are in fact participating in body modification. I'm not talking about reconstructive surgery after a breast removal or a disfiguring accident, I mean elective cosmetic surgery for the purposes of making you look better. The thing is, not only does Eloise have her ears pierced, she also had a nose job for her 21st birthday (a gift from daddy) and she has even talked about getting breast implants.
This discussion really made her stop and think about her belief that all body modification was wrong! She agreed that she can't make judgement on a tattoo but support a boob job. She had just never really thought of surgery as body modification – and honestly? Neither had I! It was food for thought.
It was then that my Shiva said 'well what about cosmetic surgery?'. We all kind of stopped and thought about it for a moment. We pretty much all agreed that even though it is deemed much more socially acceptable, surely having a breast augmentation or a tummy tuck is also body modification? By the very definition body modification is the act of permenantly (or semi permanently) altering your body's natural state. That means that if you go up 3 cup sizes then you are fundamentally changing your body. If you have a rib removed to get a tiny waist or even if you get a nose job then you are in fact participating in body modification. I'm not talking about reconstructive surgery after a breast removal or a disfiguring accident, I mean elective cosmetic surgery for the purposes of making you look better. The thing is, not only does Eloise have her ears pierced, she also had a nose job for her 21st birthday (a gift from daddy) and she has even talked about getting breast implants.
This discussion really made her stop and think about her belief that all body modification was wrong! She agreed that she can't make judgement on a tattoo but support a boob job. She had just never really thought of surgery as body modification – and honestly? Neither had I! It was food for thought.
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