Modern Primitives John Leo Analysis

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Someone with body modifications does not care if others do not have body modifications; however it seems that people without body modifications care a lot more about the people that do. According to the article “The Modern Primitives” by John Leo, Leo confirms my statement by saying that body modifications are a sign of a crisis. In reality, these are people's chosen lifestyles that have absolutely no effect on his everyday life. Within his commentary, Leo discusses the many different forms of body modification such as piercing, tattoos, corsetry, branding, scarring, and S&M. A nose piercing might be on the more “innocent” side of body modification, but scarring by a knife would be on the “more extreme” side, showing the various stages of adversity. As with most alterations, the human body will heal without severe damage. However, there are a couple of piercings that have a more difficult time through the healing process; some men have reported damage to their genitals after getting the …show more content…

Some individuals see cutting as an art and do it to reclaim their bodies for themselves; others do it to show how they have lived a life of their own. Fakir Musafar is part of the S&M community and has corseted his waist down to 19 inches. To put that in perspective the average male waist size is 39 inches. Musafar strongly believes that S&M (sadomasochistic: characterized by or deriving sexual gratification from both sadism and masochism) is the highest form of the body modification movement. Although I can assure that I recognize how everyone wants to be different in their own special way, I personally believe these are very dangerous altercations and do not recommend anyone to do them. There are other ways to show that you have lived without causing such harm to the body. Unlike a tattoo, cutting cannot be removed and this can end in more serious

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