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[quote=Anonymous]Certainly I wouldn't judge parents for making this choice, but I think "it's cultural" is a low form of reasoning, akin to "everyone else is doing it," really. We are Indian and I did not pierce our girls' ears. The probable reasons that this became a custom-- marking babies' gender from the earliest age possible, along with bangles and dresses and such-- are things that I see no good argument for and several arguments against. In fact, I have a lot of issues w/ how Indian girls and women have been treated and are treated and although ear-piercing is really the least of it and seems harmless relatively speaking, I am sending my girls the message from the beginning: your bodies belong to YOU. But: I have never, ever, ever met any woman who resented her parents for piercing her ears during infancy![/quote]
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