In this paper, I analyze the phenomenon of child cultural body modification (CCBM). I describe the practice, discuss philosophical, sociological, and anthropological arguments about the parental motivations, and evaluate an influential justification based on the children's putative cultural benefit of undergoing CCBM. I propose an alternative view of bodily integrity based on the value of body agency, the ability of individuals to generate meaning in their world through conscious, voluntary, and purpose-driven usage of their own bodies.

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儿童、文化和身体改造。

在本文中，我分析了儿童文化身体改造（CCBM）的现象。我描述了这种做法，讨论了关于父母动机的哲学、社会学和人类学论点，并根据儿童接受 CCBM 的假定文化利益评估了一个有影响力的理由。我提出了一种基于身体能动性的价值的身体完整性的替代观点，即个人通过有意识、自愿和有目的地使用自己的身体在他们的世界中产生意义的能力。