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Originally posted by kinglizard
What about plastic surgery, face lifts, breast augmentation and piercing to name a few modern western body modifications to make one more appealing to the opposite sex? While foot binding is foreign to me and less than attractive IMO I can’t judge another people on their own traditions however strange they may seem.
Maybe you were including the things I mentioned in your statement but I thought a lot of people would overlook the fact that western people do many similar things to their bodies for many of the same reasons.