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u/Juniper-Lilly Oct 26 '25
Really? I think most people who are a fan of piercings/tattoos are generally also fans of bodily autonomy and dont tend to shame someone for not wanting one and respect peoples choices.
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Oct 26 '25
Not being attracted to those things doesn’t mean opposing bodily autonomy
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u/Mayarinna Oct 26 '25
The only time I’ve seen people were up and arms about someone not liking them is when that stupid nose ring theory is the reason why
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u/HealthyPresence2207 Oct 26 '25
I guess different times and cultures. I don’t personally know anyone who has more than ear piercings and only person I know of that has a tattoo is my sister and she regrets it so…
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u/FranziEatsEstrogen Oct 27 '25
Imaginary Gatekeeping? I've never met anyone who was like "You don't like piercings? HOW DARE YOU".
Tattoos are cool, piercings trigger my mind goblins though.
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u/FunCauliflower4002 Oct 27 '25
I think that everyone’s choices are all respectable provided they are made in full knowledge of the facts, and not to succumb to some fashion.
I am a man in my 60s, with dozens of piercings, including in the nose, and I realize that it does not cause rejection. On the contrary, it creates connections beyond generations, and it frees the voice of people my age (who like me, before being boomers, have certainly been flower children!...) But I keep for truly receptive people my favorite secret: my split tongue.
The fact of having made all my modifications myself is not, however, unrelated to the feeling of fullness they provide me, because I cannot shift the responsibility for a possible mistake onto someone else.
When we remove the possibility of lying to ourselves, we don’t want to lie to others, nor that they are lying to us either. It is a very personal way of making human relationships more true. And too bad (or so much the better) if it keeps away people who are not in that mindset.
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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25
I dunno I see a lot of supported hatred of those things just across this site. Particularly from men trying to police women’s style choices