<P> A fifteen - year analysis published in 2011, Body Piercing and Identity Construction found that public piercing served as a mechanism of both accelerated camaraderie and political communication, while private piercings served to enhance sexuality and contest heteronormativity . </P> <P> While body piercing has grown more widespread, it can remain controversial, particularly in youth . Some countries impose age of consent laws requiring parental permission for minors to receive body piercings . Scotland requires parental consent for youths below 16, while in 2011 Wales began considering a similar law . In addition to imposing parental consent requirements, Western Australia prohibits piercing private areas of minors, including genitals and nipples, on penalty of fine and imprisonment for the piercer . Many states in the US also require parental consent to pierce minors, with some also requiring the physical presence of the parents during the act . The state of Idaho has imposed a minimum age for body piercing at 14 . </P> <P> In 2004, controversy erupted in Crothersville, Indiana when a local high school featured a spread on "Body Decorations" in its yearbook that featured tattoos and body piercings of teachers and students . That same year, in Henry County, Georgia, a 15 - year - old boy remained in in - school suspension for a full month for violating school policy by wearing eyebrow, nose, labret and tongue piercings to school before his mother decided to homeschool him . </P> <P> According to 2006's Tattoos and Body Piercing, corporate dress codes can also strictly limit piercing displays . At that time, Starbucks limited piercings to two per ear and jewellery to small, matched earrings . Employees of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts were not permitted to display piercings at all . </P>

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