Some people in the world have tattoos, use scarification or wear bones in their noses because ______

a. they don’t understand the harm they do to their bodies
b. they have a distorted concept of beauty
c. they do it as part of their religious practice
d. their culture tells them that it looks good
e. it is used as a status symbol to attract sexual partners


ANSWER:
d

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