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What sexual signal are you sending?

You may naively, wear a ring here, a stud there, or some beads on the waist. But are you aware some of these 'extra body jewellery' have strong sexual connotations? ALLAN OLINGO asks

We are the only species that consciously and deliberately alters its appearance and this has been true throughout human history and will always be so because bodily expression can communicate things which words never can. Body adornment started long ago and still prevails today in many nations and tribes.

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