Agency, Resistance, and the Sexual Appropriation of the Female Body through Nipple and Genital Piercing.

Using qualitative and quantitative methodology, this paper explores self-reported female nipple and genital piercing stories from the Body Modification Ezine, the world's premiere body modification website. These narratives suggest that women perceive themselves as obtaining such piercings both for expressly patriarchally-resistant purposes as well as to conform to culturally dominant aesthetic norms. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]