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Differences in personality characteristics between body-modified and non-modified individuals: Associations with individual personality traits and their possible evolutionary implications
No full textAfter a long history of negative stigmatisation, the practices of tattooing and body piercing have become fashionable in the last decade. Today, 10% of the population in modern western societies have some form of body modification. The aim of this study was to quantify the demographic and personality traits of tattooed and pierced individuals and to compare them with a control group of individuals without body modifications. These comparisons are based on questionnaires completed by 359 individuals that investigate the details of body modification, and which incorporate five personality scales. We describe several sex differences in ornament style and location. We found no relevant differences between modified and non-modified individuals in relation to demographic variables. This indicates that some of the traditional attitudes towards tattoos and piercings appear to be outdated. However, we found striking differences in personality traits which suggest that body-modified individuals are greater sensation seekers and follow a more unrestricted mating strategy than their non-modified contemporaries. We discuss these differences in light of a potential signalling function of tattoos and piercings in the mating context
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Modifying the body: Motivations for getting tattooed and pierced
No full textBody modifications have been prevalent for centuries and are practiced for a great variety of reasons. Lately, tattoos and body piercings have become increasingly popular. Thus, a profound understanding of the underlying motivations behind obtaining tattoos and body piercings nowadays is required. A considerable body of research on motivational aspects already exists, mainly using explorative approaches to describe motivations. In this paper we provide a review of the existing relevant literature. Furthermore, we establish ten broad motivational categories, comprising motivations for getting tattooed and body pierced, for reference in future research
Menschlicher Körperschmuck aus evolutionärer Perspektive - Diversität und Funktionen von Tätowierungen, Piercings und Skarifizierungen
No full textTatowierungen, Piercings und Skarifizierungen haben eine lange Geschichte und sind in vielen Kulturen zu finden. In dieser Arbeit fassen wir die gangigsten Erklarun— gen fiir diese Korpermodifikationen zusammen. Obwohl ihre Auspragungen und Funktionen vielfaltig und zwischen Kulturen und Zeitaltern vergleichbar sind, gibt es keine einheitlichen ethnologischen Erklarungen fiir deren Existenz und Diversit'at. Aus biologischer Sicht ist der Erhalt solcher Merkmale, der mit Kosten in Form von Gesundheitsrisiken verbunden ist, bislang wenig untersucht. In einigen Studien wur— den Mechanismen der sexuellen Selektion fiir das Vorkommen und die Auspréigungen dieses invasiven KOrperschmucks mit verantwortlich gemacht.Mitt1erwei1e verdichten sich die Hinweise darauf, dass ahnliche Mechanismen auch in modernen, westlichen Kulturen wirken, so dass die zunehmende Popularitat von Korperschmuck sich offen— bar auch teilweise auf grundlegende biologische Determinanten des menschlichenVer- haltens zuriickfiihren lasst.Practices of tattooing, body piercing and scarification have a long history and can be found in many cultures. In this paper, we review current explanations for these body modifications. Although their appearance and functions are highly diverse and com— parable across cultures and time, there are no comprehensive ethnological explana— tions for their existence and diversity. From a biological point of view, the preservation of such costly signals (with respect to associated health risks) has received little atten- tion. Some studies have attributed the prevalence and appearance of invasive body ornaments to sexual selection. Evidence that similar mechanisms might also act in modern Western societies is accumulating, so that its recently increasing pOpularity may partly be also attributable to biological determinants of human behavior
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
Machen Tattoos sexy?
No full textAbstoßend oder anziehend? Tätowierungen sind nicht jedermanns Sache. Wissenschaftler der Universität Göttingen ergründen die soziobiologischen Hintergründe der Lust mancher Menschen an der dauerhaften Verzierung ihrer Haut. Besonders spannend ist ein Vergleich mit dem Tierreich, denn dort gilt in der Regel: Der prächtigste Schmuck ziert die kräftigsten Männchen
Lunchtime Talk with Author and Attorney Peter Godwin
No full textAuthor and attorney Peter Godwin gave a lunchtime talk about the topics discussed in his book, The Fear, which focuses on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe under the rule of Robert Mugabe
Differences in Personality Attributions Toward Tattooed and Nontattooed Virtual Human Characters
No full textIndividuals with body modifications, such as tattoos, have been shown to differ from nonmodified individuals in sensation-seeking personality characteristics and sociosexuality. This study examined possible differences in people s attributions of those characteristics toward virtual human characters varying in body modification. Some 287 participants rated tattooed and nontattooed bodies of avatars on aspects of sensation seeking and number of previous sexual partners. Tattooed stimuli were rated as more experience, thrill, and adventure seeking as well as more likely to have a high number of previous sexual partners and as less inhibited when compared to nontattooed stimuli, and this was particularly true for male stimuli. It was concluded that people with body modifications, such as tattoos, are perceived differently compared to nontattooed individuals in terms of sensation seeking and previous sexual partner number, this being particularly true for men. Findings are discussed with reference to the evolutionary model of human sexual selection
An essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell by Peter Pullman
No full textThis is an essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell written by Peter Pullman, a jazz scholar and author of Wail: The Life of Bud Powell (Brooklyn: Bop Changes, 2012).One image file (pdf)This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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