Megasurvey Feedback

The following comments were left by people who filled out the survey. I have not ommitted any or edited these in any way, and this is the complete set as of November 26, 2003.

Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Canada	thank you
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	theres a typo in the tattoo section....it says piercing where it means tattoo
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	iam/bme is one of the only places i have ever felt at home and with friends.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, Canada	that was actually pretty entertaining.
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Cool!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	That's it? Hope this goes to some use. Glad I could help.
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	about that paragraph saying how baised and limited all body mod surveys/studies have been... i was wondering, don't you think this one is the same in a sense(although to a much lesser degree) that it's limited to only people that are into this kind of thing and not so much the general public? it just seems that people on iam are more educated about this sort of stuff. so in the same way as the other surveys have probably had results from people with particularly bad experiences and probably didn't know what they were doing, this one shows results from people that knew more about what they were doing and had better experiences. i'm just saying, that this doesn't seem to represent the general public, but iam. but i guess that just shows people that you should do your research. also i had some errors saying page cannot be displayed, but kept clicking back and re-submitting until it worked. not sure if it was problems on your side or mine. or in the middle.
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	very interesting. I'm certain that your demographic and statistical info are going to interest a lot of people.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Very good survey, In depth. I had some problems loading the last few pages, so I hope it didn't affect anything.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Poland	Great survey! Hope the results are appreciated by the world...
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	on the hairstyle - you should add bald (shaved) and bald (naturally)
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, France	found it very funny that you'd list 'goth' and 'atheist' as religions... :)
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Belgium	Quite a long and nice survey, hope it gives some clear data on the group we are. Some of the answers were rather "american" and thus I picked those that the mostle equalled the european version. Good work of everyone involved in putting it together!
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Croatia	I'd just like to add that body modification is great, since no one can make themselves the way they want to look at birth, they can do so as they grow up, to adjust their body to fit their internal self image. And also the fact that you can have control over what you look like, and to be able to construct your own appearance the way you want to.
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	thank you for involving me, its a great pleseure to part of a fantastic team! :)
Age 41 - 50 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	Having access to BME has been a very positive influence in my life and has/is helping me to resolve body/self image and emotional issues that have their roots in childhood abuse.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	The reason I marked that there should be no limit in terms of what age a person could be legally pierced/tattooed at is beacuse I don't believe that it should be legislated except in cases of genital piercing.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Canada	BME is one of the best sites out there. Truely life changing.
Age 17 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	I really hope this survey affects the body modification community positivly and not negativly. I thinkit was am awesome idea and very worth while.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	The survey is pretty much spot on (except for the tipping your piercer/tattooist - am I the only mean bastard who never has? There's no box for me!), though it might be worth removing the text before you go into it - all that stuff about inaccurate and negative information about us might lead to someone answering questions more positively than honestly.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	There was an error on the "how do you rate your sexual performance from your partners point of view" the answer was "not every good" where it should be "not very good"
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	This was a good idea. I'd be very interested to see if this survey proves/disproves my existing notions of the BME cross-section.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	you should have a thing listing how long this thing will take, liek a percentage or somethig, cause it's a fucking long survey
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I was really surprised at how emotional this survey was.... brought out some issues.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	word up its fresh
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	By far one of the most through surveys I've taken. But it was interesting because not only did you ask demographical (is that even a word?) but you asked questions about piercings, tattoos, and other mods which is nice for a change...most surveys don't even bother with personal questions such as that. Thank you guys for always doing an awesome job with .. well .. everything!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, Canada	Thank you, Shannon. While you're trying to learn about 'us' I learned quite a lot about myself. In order to answer honestly I had to really think about some of the questions and learned more about myself as well. I hope this all comes together easily and well, and it will be interesting to see the final results once they're tabulated!
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	There were several questions that stumped me and left me a little uncertain as to how to answer. The first being the number of children I have. I am in a monogamous relationship with my live-in partner. Although I do not have children of my own, he does. I believe I answered this question as "uncertain/do not know," but I do consider his child as mine. The second series of questions that were a little difficult to answer were regarding the family. A good majority of people live with divorced and remarried parents. Personally, I lived with my Mother and Stepfather for a good majority of my life, before my Stepfather came in my Mother's life, I lived with my Mother and Grandfather. I have had quite a few "Father Figures" in my life and was uncertain as to how to answer the Father-related questions. I answered my the questions with my biological Father in mind, but he had very little to do with my upbringing. Maybe some of these thigs can be clarified in the future?
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, Canada	holy eff! that was long..
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual Female, United States of America	Well, I hope it worked, a couple of times I had to try more than once to get the pages to load. Good luck with this survey!
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	That was an awesome survey
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	The schooling questions by "grades" aren't really suitable for my country, and probably others.
Age 36 - 40 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Germany	Wow.....talk about making me think. I hope this is of some use to you :)
Age 16 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	i love bme
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I have tattoos on my fingers, I wasn't sure to put that for my hands or other. There are some questions that should be check if any apply i.e: religion, I'm a jewish atheist, it is possible to be both, but i am a jew far before i'm an atheist. (I hope that doesn't identify me too much, but I don't think that carries any weight to it.) Other than that, the survey was fine, no real complaints, but I thought it would be longer.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Although the utmost effort has obviously been made to give all the options possible, and when neccessary the option of "N/A", on several answers I still had difficulty finding the correct answer. Nothing major, but for example, when asked about if Mods had received negative response from people.. I checked "Employer", although it was my previous employer, and my current one is cool with everything. Not sure that is important...but gimme a comments form, and comments is what you'll get. Good survey, though. :)
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	that was fun!
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	BME is home...i feel free to be myself here...the people are accepting of all and that makes me feel good about myself!
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Thankyou so much x
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Transgender M2F (in progress), United States of America	some questions i was'nt sure the instance they ment "none of the above" would have been nice in some cases it was interesting
Age 51 - 60 Gay/Lesbian Male, United States of America	Sheesh, I'm sleeved and multiply pierced and stretched and yet I feel so wimpy after having taken the survey! I have a lot of stuff to accomplish! Where do I start? I don't know if you can at this point, but I think in questions about family/parents, that a check box for "deceased" might be good, as it would more accurately show the current status (like the job questions, etc.). Well-done effort. I look forward to the results.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	the united kingdom and northern ireland are not a country,its england scotland wales republic of ireland and n.ireland.just being anal.cant wait to see the results : )
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I am so glad BME has decided to do this for the public. I can't wait to see the squashing of stereo-types that I think will come from such a survey.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	there were several occasions on a 'pick one' question that I wished it were 'check all that apply' e.g. religion question. It also might have been relevant to ask something like 'do you feel more or less "different" since you have been intentionally modded' and 'what made you feel "different" before you were intentionally modded' not to mention, 'do you have any other non self inflicted mods such as surgical scars, birth defects, etc.' Or maybe those are just the
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	This was really cool. I am glad you guys descided to do this.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Canada	This was very well done. As a student of sociology who has taken survey design courses, I feel that this will paint a good picture of each individual who tkaes the survey and will be easy to draw fairly accurate conclusions from.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	That was quite a long survey, and warrants the name Mega...
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	one of the questions was "should body piercing be allowed in schools?" body piercing in that context could be used as a verb or a noun. there is a pretty big difference between performing a body piercing in school vs having one in school.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	For my part 'school' is university, so my comments may not be representative of those 10 years younger than me in high school, for example.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Question 9-28 refrences scarification but the questions denote answers for piercing.
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	none at this time.....:)
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I am quite impressed by this survey, it asked questions that I have never seen asked on a survey. It put a smile on my face. Thank you.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	the suvery was really great, hope it helps with whatever its being used for :)
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	Thank you for taking the time to build this, as i hope it should represent us better then current methods.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	well done. covered many topics of importance in relation to me becoming a moded person.
Age 36 - 40 Gay/Lesbian Male, Luxembourg	in the family section, there was no chance to tell you that my beloved mother died some years ago.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Italy	wouldnt it be a better world if peopel wouldnt be looked down for having modifications? haha what a nice fairy tale
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I speak Armenian, I believe that's a langauge, yet it wasn't on your list of langauges spoken and written fluiently.
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Fun Fun Fun, I had to do that twice, Fucking computer Crashed TWICE!!! GRRRRRR! Fun Fun
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	in section 9, re: scarification, there is an error asking if someone got scarred, and the only option is to put "no piercings"
Age 51 - 60 Gay/Lesbian Male, United States of America	Good survey! Would have liked to see "sounding" in the "activities" section
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	this made me think a lot about my self in general. thank you.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I found myslef choosing the lesser of 2 evils in a few instances in the survey (ie: Hairstyle: Racical, Normal, Conservitave? My heads shaved..) But over all, pretty well put together.
Age 16 Heterosexual Male, Canada	I will do anything in my power to help support BME.
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, Canada	I think it's a great idea that someone finally decided to get a better survey going on the subject. I'm glad I got to be a part of it, thanks Shannon/BME!
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	Just going through this survey puts all of the things I've wanted to do or try or never heard of before all out on the table for me to think of. It doesn't make me any more or any less of a person, just myself!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	i think there should be some more selections in the career section to choose from. thank you
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	hope i helped out the community!
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	Satanist is missing from the list of religions.
Age 17 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	Great in depth survey. Hope it does what you want it to. :o)
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual Male, Canada	There was a question a few pages back that was about scarrification, but one of the answers refered to piercing.
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	This was really interesting. Will be very excited to see the results, whenever they're ready. There's one mistake I caught in the survey though - on scarifications. At the "what age did you" question, the "no" response says "no piercings" when it should say "no scarifications". Good work on the survey! :)
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	Athiesm is not a religion. Sidenote: I AM an athiest, and I am spiritual. One doesn't need god for spirituallity.
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I'm excited to see the results of the survey. I own a martial arts studio in a small town in the southeast, and the attitude or mindset of the town is still very conservative. So there is a definitive duality that I have regarding my viewpoints on life and bodyart. I hope this comment did make sense.....
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual Female, United States of America	perhaps a question about how you feel about people with less mods and more mods to see if there is a stigma within body modification?
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Just to clarify - in the drug section - when asked if substance use has been positive/negative, and I wrote positive - I meant currently ... as I do not do most of those things any more - once upon a time it affected me very negatively.
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I believe that IAM and BME are a postive thing for the modified community and i appreciate them being around for the modified community.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	There are a few mistakes in the servay: no piercings in either a tatoo or scarification part, and in many places it is ambiguous wether to choose "no" or "not applicable".
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	there was a typo in the bigger penis question ¤_¤
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	not bad
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	more surveys, i like them =)
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, Canada	i had a lot of fun answering this survey!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Why no SATANIST under religion?
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Your bias shows in the political questions. I chose to answer most as "ambivalent" because the options were too black and white, which the world is not.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Sabar upar manus satya; tahar upar nahin. - Chandidas
Age 18 Bisexual Female, Canada	on the scarification box it says No Piercings, rather than no scarifications
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I think that this survey was great. There were some points that i wished i could expand on further than the choises that were givin, maybe that could be something that people who don't mind be non-anonymous could do???
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Sweden	hi there, good survey, really!... I'd be happy if there was a chance to download it and print it out, would be fun to perhaps see what my girlfriend would answer and discuss stuff... also, I have some comments: *on one of the questions about scarification, the tickbox said "no piercings", which I took as "no scarifications", but it was a little confusing... *I'm studying to become a psychologist and I work parttime taking care of people with scizofrenia.. sadly, I couldn't find any appropriate tickbox for any of this in the carrerchoice questions..... *for me (being male), it was unclear if vaginal virginity was the same as having sex with a girl for the first time, due to me not having a vagina... possibly I'm just not as fluent in english as I should be, but hey, worth a mention.. :) ... question: can the results be viewed somewhere?... again, thanx for a good survey!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	This was a great survey, very thorough.
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Interesting survey.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	very thorough, excellent questions
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual Female, United States of America	I felt a little uncomfortable answering "yes" to some of the questions, because I am old enough and have been involved in the scene long enough to no longer be connected to those things - for instance, I once took out a piercing because a partner disapproved, but that was over ten years ago and that bears no relation to my current feelings on the subject! Also, I checked boxes for "took part in..." for many of the body play related questions, although my part was as a piercer or top rather than as a direct participant/piercee, since there was no option for "have taken part in but not done personally." I am currently too heavy to suspend but I am actively part in helping other people do so, and will suspend myself eventually. Just to clarify.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	one question just a few pages back asked about when you got your first scarification, and the first option was "no piercings" other then that the only problem I found was sometimes the page wouldnt load, I actually had to start over once because of that, another time I just hit back. and it's not loading the next page once again!
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	good survey.. can't wait to read the results!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Denmark	Thank you for finally giving us the chance to show the world that we are worthy members of society.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	it was a wonderful survey and i am excited to see the results!
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	i have found that the more modifications i have got, the less i feeel the need to express my *alternative* ness in my clothes and hair, and thus wear more *fashionable* things because i feel it is said in my mods.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	none
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	i just want to include the fact that had i not found BME and recognized that modification is a universal (mostly surpressed) need, i probably wouldn't have had the information necessary to be who i am today, and to have achieved it in a safe and sanitary manner. thank you, shannon.
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	i'd like to see how this turns out + is used in the future - it seems like a cool idea, thanks!
Age 14 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Way cool survey. Thanks for the free month.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Thank you Shannon for doing so much for the bod mod community, everyone i know that is a part of it appreciates everything you have done.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I like my mods. I don't get them for others; if I based my mods on others I wouldn't have any, because that's the "correct" way to be. I look fairly normal at the moment. I'm not one to be outrageous, really. I'm quiet, polite, and a good student. Not that any of this makes any difference. What's funny is that no matter how I've looked, I've always been shy, and when a random person says some horrible thing to me, I don't fight them, I thank them for their opionion and move on. That's what tells me I get mods for myself. Mods or no mods I seem to get taunted, "made fun of" every time I leave my house. People are going to be mean to each other no matter what someone looks like. I can't BELIEVE the audacity of some people. I would never ever ever ever mistreat/taunt someone (particularly a stranger) because of the way they look, their hair, their clothes, whatever. When I was a little kid, and taunted every day, I thought things would change once I was older. That's not true though. College students aren't much better, and neither are professionals. It's sad. I don't understand what makes others do it. I guess I never will.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Thanks for the free month! Hope this helps out!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	wow, that was an intense survey!
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	This is the greatest site/ezine I've ever seen, and I hope it continues to be around for a long time. It has given me knowledge, and a sense of belonging I wouldn't have ever gotten anywhere else. Thank you!
Age 18 Bisexual Female, United States of America	This survey was awesome. It helped me learn a lot about myself that I haven't thought about in a while. I don't know what you are going to do with this, but I can tell it's a good thing
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual Female, United States of America	Mods help me to express on the outside who I am on the inside.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	that is the most comprehensive survey I have ever filled out or seen in my life.
Age 15 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I find it irritating that Goth would be included as a religious option. I realise that perhaps the writer(s) of this survey may not consider it a religious option, and therefore put it within quotes, but the fact that it is present implies that some individuals consider it a religion. This offends me, because I'm highly fed up with others assuming I have a certain religion (mostly the worship of Satan - not Satanism by definition) simply because I choose a certain lifestyle. To make this comment have potential of being useful, however, I will say that I've noticed that those within the body modification community have been, usually, much more understanding of various alternative lifestyles and life decisions.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	would be good to know the number of questions before starting it!!!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I also read Latin more or less fluently. My job is Polymer Chemist.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Canada	your body, your life, your choice...mod-on!
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Thank you for this mega-survey. I have learned more about myself by taking this. I whole heartedly appreciate this and the other work being done to make our community come close together and unite in the world which we all live.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Thank you for the extra month.
Age 16 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, Canada	I quite liked the survey, however, i didn't know what to put for my job...i clean tools at the local modification shop so i just put medical.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	xxx
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Japan	I look forward to seeing the results of the survey.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual Female, Canada	I found it hard to answer on the employment fields. There was no self employed option for my father and my own field wasn't included (social work/psychology/youth worker, etc.)
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, Canada	I had expected it to be much longer. There were areas that were absent that would have been of great importance to the outcome - mostly about what a person does in their spare time, how much family contact they have, how many friends they have, what level they are in their employment, do they belong in community groups, things like that. It's great to know about general items and to get biographical information about people but I would think that what these people do in their spare time would be of great value as well. I'm sure the general public thinks that modded people are very wild at home as well, they may be surprised to know that we live normal lives just like everyone else. A good section would have been for parents to fill out about their children - are they part of the PTA, etc. Perhaps on the next survey.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	Some of the questions were not appropriate or clear -- the comparisons in some were not easily understood and/or missing some options, especially for some of the more personal questions.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	I'm really glad you're doing this survey- I've always wondered where bme people lie in demographic contexts
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	That was long :D
Age 16 Heterosexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I would just like to thank everyone who has kept BME running and updated....this has been the greatest discovery of my life and i just wanted to say thanks for letting my be a part of it :)
Age 17 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, Canada	in general, the service industry responds exteremly negitivily to modified people. many times i've been flat out ignored at resturants, and other friends have had the same expericences.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Thank you for providing such a wonderful site, where I can express myself and am never judged for my feelings or opinions.
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	having the ability to be in the IAM community has answered a lot of my questions about body modification, and introduced me to many things i never even thought possible. overall, it has been a very positive experience. thanks!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I think the questions about what age to be allowed to pierce at aren't very good. Age is isn't as important as maturity and responsibility levels. Oh, and atheism isn't a religion. ;) I did, however, like the fact that questions were included as to how people have modified themselves in the past as well as the present.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I enjoyed the survey...I think that it will portray a current body mod. person much better than any political figure or medical figure will
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	how is this completely anonymous when we get a free month of IAM. wouldnt that mean you know who we are?
Age 16 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	excellent work i hope to see the results soon
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	I'd answer a bme Megasurvey for a klondike bar
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	It's nice to eventually have a survey of our comminuty that doesn't dicriminate from the begining. I'm proud to have taken part!!
Age 41 - 50 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Interesting how certain questions were written to allow only one "good" answer, especially in the socio/political areas.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	caught one typo, can't click back to see where it was. it was somewhere near section 9, used "to" instead of "of" or something like that.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	Wow, that was a MEGA survey!!! Time to fill it up took about an hour. Pleased to help!
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	Very nice survey, I hope to see more in the future, love taking them and always happy to help BME.
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Thank you for making the BME/IAM community available and prosperous. I hope that the community continues for many years.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	My GAWD! This was a LOOONG survey!!! LOL
Age 17 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Thought this was a great survey and enjoyed taking it. Although most of it did not apply to me what did I thought were very important questions!
Age 13 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Rockin' survey, a little long but coolness! Thanks for the free month! By the way, love the site!
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	its kinda long dude
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	I think tht in the section of who did your piercing, tattoo or scarification..you shoud have an option of friend/partner who is a professional body peircer, tattoo artist ect. There are allot of people on Iam who are professional piercers and are all friends, so having this as an option in son=me of the questions would be more appropriate.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	details
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, Canada	I think that this is just what the IAM community needed. We will be better able to recognize the relationships between body modifications and lifestyle s long as people answered the questions with truth and honesty to themselves and the survey. Personally, I've always felt that body modifications can be linked to low self-esteem and mental problems, but many people will not admit to this. It has been studied for years that physical pain is an escape from mental pain, yet very few people seem to acknowledge this. Well, I'd better leave before I go on a rampage.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	its not actually as long as i thought and its really interesting when u get going!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	There was a question a few pages back regarding whether I feel as if my race is superior to any or all others. I answered accordingly since the question actually referred to siin color. In reality my answer would be yes, my race is superior, because my race is the human race.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I was born in England. I would like to be identified as English, not British or from the United Kingdom.
Age 17 Heterosexual Male, Brazil	Nice questions =) and toooooo big!
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	CRAZY MAN. This thing is long O_O
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	thank you for providing me with an outlet for my personal life and means to reach other people with my inerests! keep up the wonderful work.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Since I'm from the UK, the whole "health insurance" stuff is kind of irrelevant. Because I am unemployed I get free healthcare, prescription medication, eye care and dental care on the NHS. Ohh, and for my parents jobs, my mother is a Registered Childminder, and my father a Stores Technition for a company that builds earth moving equipement (wasn't sure what section that fel under). Hope the survey goes well.
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I am definately interested to hear what all this data is being collected for (when the project is done, of course).
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual Male, Cuba	some of the questions and answeres were fairly limited but, overall very open.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Canada	you're welcome
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Canada	This is the best survey I have fille dout to date...and I do as many as I come across...I have no life...*shrug*...lol Thank you for getting me to think my decisions over, the choices for the answers. Things make a little more sense while some other things make less... ...but I do know that mods help me be me...this place helps me be me. Thank you.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I am much less involved with body modification now than I used to be, and it will probably stay that way, however, I look back on those times very positively and would never wish for any change.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	i can't wait to see the results- this is a seriously comprehensive survey!
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	This is an amazing community. I feel blessed to be here and deeply appreciate the effors of Shannon and everyone who works to bring this community about. Thank you!
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I just want to say that modifications have deffinetly affected my life in such a healthy positive way.Having a safe intelligent community to come into to learn more about procedures,practices and health care has made me feel more safe and more educated on modification.Bme and Iam is where I go to learn more about myself and others all around the world.This is where I go when I want to learn more about a mod or procedure I'm interested in doing.Thank you shannon for creating these 2 safe informative places for me to safely and securly go about my quest with modification.
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	this survey was interesting, we should have more more often
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Thank you very much for taking the time to create this!
Age 25 - 30 Gay/Lesbian Female, United States of America	45 minutes my butt... THIS took a lot longer than that...
Age 51 - 60 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	Good questions.
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	no questions about artistic influence and taste outside of body modification, i think it could be significant
Age 36 - 40 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, South Africa	Questions relating to scarification I have answered with self-injury style cutting in mind since it left permanent scars. If this isn't what you meant then count these as 'never/not applicable'.
Age 19 Bisexual Female, United States of America	Im really Glad that you are doing this "Megasurvey" Its about time people learn what the bodymodification community is really like.. Thank you for BME and for everything you have contributed to all of us
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	bme is excellent keep it up guys, you offer great advice and photos that make piercings and tats a lot clearer and your experience stories offer a deeper understanding. without you i wouldnt have got my nipples or septum pierced as where i live no-one hardly has either done so i was never exposed to it. thank you.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I think a survey like this is long overdue and Shannon (and BME)is the perfect choice for carrying such a thing out. I will be interested to see the outcome, and what possible uses this could be put to.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Thanks you for including UU on your list of religions. I hope this survey serves its purpose.
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Female, Canada	There are some areas that I strongly feel could have been better clarifies and may lead to unclear or even misguided interpretation. 1) Job Title. It did not allow for people like me who have more than one. I am a self-emplyed body-artist, but I am also an aromatherapist and energy healer and do all of the above in my studio. There are many of us who require more than one skill set to remail self-emplyed. This is an interesting phenomena and will not show up in the survey due to the demand for only one choice. 2) There was a question about bodmod impact on our work-place. Question was something to the effect of "do I feel my mods affected the following individuals view of me in a negative/positive light?" For this of us who are self-employed, the word "client" should have been included. As someone who is self-employed I do not have a boss or co-workers. I do have clients and I feel that my mods impact their perception of me in a positive way. 3) Sexual history/activity. There were a number of activities and only some of them included "give or receive". There were a number where both choices would have applied - i.e fisting, among others. I have done a lot of play piercing and fisting, but have only given and not received. My reply (I still clicked "yes" to all) may be misinterpreted. 4) Race As a Portugues Canadian I identify as Mediterranean. There are many other Portugues Candians on IAM who probably feel the same way. Although we are technically Caucasian, those of use raised in Canada ( cannot speak for other places) have been told time and again by AngloCanadians that we are not "White". Many of us have come to identify, and proudly, as Mediterranean. You may wish to include this classification in your next survey. End Note In future, I believe (as a former Anthroplogy student)that when having "other" as an option, it would be beneficial to have a blank for filling in. You may be surprised at some of the consistencies. Hope my comments help.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I thank you for the opportunity to be apart of helping out in the body modification community.
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Shannon, thanks for giving us IAM! I'll always be a member here.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual Female, United States of America	very well thought out questions
Age 18 Bisexual Female, Canada	it was long but it helps out.
Age 17 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	That was long. We need more dancing robots to liven it up.
Age 41 - 50 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	While I thought this was a good survey, I think that there were some areas that you could have delved into a bit deeper. Sexuality would have been one of those areas.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	it took sooooo long. oh god. i think i need an aspirin.
Age 51 - 60 Asexual Eunuch (castrated), United States of America	Good survey,
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Thank you for the opportunity to describe myself in such detail, and for the very generous free month at IAM.
Age 19 Bisexual Female, United States of America	this was absolutely an awesome survey, very thorough and tastefully done, thank you!
Age 18 Bisexual Female, Sweden	A very good survey. Liked the questions :)
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, Canada	What a fabulous survey. I hope this survey gives you an accurate "cross-section" of the people involved.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, Brazil	debtor for wanting to know my thoughts on all these subjects I am happy in contributing for BME poque it is as if second house was mine obrigado por querer saber meus pensamentos sobre todos esses assuntos. fico feliz em contribuir para BME poque ele é como se fosse minha segunda casa
Age 25 - 30 Gay/Lesbian Male, Australia	Glad to be a part of it!
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, United States of America	Didnt take as long as I thought it would
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	LONG!!
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	what a really good uidea, its about time we had an acurrate picture of the modded comunity.
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I felt the job titles were limited. No mention (unless I missed it) of executive or manager titles. I'm in financial services, but I'm not a bank teller (I'm in private equity). Again, no fully appropriate title for what I do.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	This was a great survey!
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	For the record since it wasn't asked; I used to have to hide lots of piercings while in the military(in the 80's).
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	there should be an option under 12-11 for spiritual but not religious. there should also be options for deceased mother and deceased father, as well as step parent sections.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I am very heavily tattooed but nobody would ever be able to tell with the way I dress.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	my father is an electrician and i couldn't decide which category that fell under.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	BME RULES!!!!! WOOT!
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Kind of found portions of it not broad enough...I do not classify myself really as racial, other then of the human race...With religious/spiritual questions...I'm pretty much none of it, because I find myself to be just spiritual. Really good survey to figure out the demographics though!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	nifty long survey...took up some boring time that i wasnt with my fiancee!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Thank you for letting me help. :D
Age 41 - 50 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I'm glad you put in the comments part.I asked wlfdrgn about doing it.I just wanted to say I hate doing surveys and I run off anyone who comes to the house for stuff like that.Like census takers
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	You should be able to choose multiple religions. And a question about what religions have you belonged to, but no longer practice.
Age 31 - 35 Gay/Lesbian Female, United States of America	I wish that you had made a distinction on questions 12-5 and 12-6 between tattooing and piercing. I, like many people with whom I speak, feel very differently about the pain from the different types of procedures. In my case, I love tattoo pain and find it to be a great release, and wish that it hurt more, while I do not like piercing pain and I wish that it hurt less. Apart from that, I think that this survey is great.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	For the "Do you cover up your tattoos when.." questions I had to answer "always" to all of them because my tattoo is on my pubic region, not because I'm embarassed to show it off.
Age 41 - 50 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Germany	I like to do electro play on both nipples, genitals, anal on a regular basis.
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Germany	missed the question: motive of body modification ( religious, sexual, self adornment.....
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	there should definitely be more surverys. i highly enjoyed this one and look forward to more. thanks to shannon and/or whoever put this into play.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	There were a few questions (Would you remove piercings for a better job and the one following) that could have done with a "Maybe" option. Some of us really are that ambivalent. :P
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	i love you
Age 16 Heterosexual Male, Canada	excellent survey. Very wide variety of questions and choices. GOOD JOB!
Age 16 Bisexual Female, United States of America	wow this was long.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I wish that the option of "Spouse" was othered, not simply "Partner", as I am married. I personally believe that marriage stats would be interesting. My answers may seem ridiculously positive, but I was very honest in answering them. Thanks to all who developed this great survey.
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, Canada	You missed out on listing a few languages.
Age 17 Bisexual Female, Poland	aside from this survey being extremely long.. it was alright. the only problem i had with it was when asked to choose how much i agree with the different statements.. "not a concearn" or "dosen't care" should be included as an option.
Age 17 Bisexual Female, United States of America	That didn't take me 45 minutes, it wasn't that long !
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Very indepth.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	That was the most indepth survey i've ever taken, and i'm glad that i did it!
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	It'd be nice if there were a "this is page x out of 12" statement at the headers; also, I believe there was an inconsistent option in one of the scarification questions.
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	rock on
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Male, United States of America	IAM:ROBOSAPIEN
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	holy god, i'm finally done... you weren't lieing when you said "Mega"
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Bloody hell that was long. I did wonder why you asked some of the questions. What is this going to be used for?
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Finland	It was a nice and a good survey, BME rocks the world! thank you people, for making BME exist! Time to go to bed, 02:40 am... .work at 10 am =-)
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Thanks
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	I feel there should have been more questions on home enviroment and what causes people to get mods rather than the mods they have, but just an idea!
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Male, Canada	while I currently have piercings and tattoos and plan on more future piercings and tattoos , the decision to have them is my own and the reasonings are my own, I may be your next door neighbour or your son/daughters coach , I am normal as everyone else , I love my family, my country , God and I pay my share of taxes , I just chose to modify my body to please myself and my lifepartner(wife)
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	I want to say that this community is a great support network for myself, and I want to thank you very much for everything.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I'm a college student who lives in the city where I go to school, but during school breaks and over the summer I live with my parents and use their address as my permanent address, so I answered relevant questions as though I live with my parents all the time. Also, I am a cutter and I find that getting a new body mod not only looks good, but also helps stop the urge to cut for a while. Overall, IAM and BME have had an extremely positive impact on my life and I thank everyone who is involved with them.
Age 16 Heterosexual Female, Canada	Good luck?.. I suppose?
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual Female, United States of America	All the questions about "father's income" etc don't apply - my father is deceased, and that was never given as an option.
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I think something should be done to convince employers to allow piercings at work.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	This is how I learned that I am alive
Age 17 Heterosexual Female, Canada	THANK YOU FOR ONE MONTH.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Just wanted to state that I am utterly delighted that you're doing this - it will be fantastic if everyone takes that extra bit of time to fill this in. I strongly believe that society in general needs a decent, well-researched and inclusive *real* study of bodmod in all its forms, and I wish you the best of luck with what must be a daunting (but very worthy) task. Brightest blessings to you! :)
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	some things were left out.
Age 17 Bisexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	i feel that this survey is NOT an invasion of privacy and it's questions were to the point and very well organised. :D
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	that was fun! i like filling things out!
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Male, Greece	hope i have helped in your work
Age 17 Heterosexual Female, Canada	Thank you for this opportunity to have "free time" added on to accounts. I enjoyed this Survey.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	You more or less left out the Kemetic Orthodox religeon.
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	bme is uber
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Interesting perspective on one's self and where they are.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Can't wait to see some of the results of this.
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	just happy to help!
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	It was an enjoyable thing to do, although i know this is rather bitchy, but there were rather a lot of spelling mistakes... heh heh, oh well!
Age 15 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	this took so long haha
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	i love bme <3
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, Poland	I'm happy it's anonymously dn
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I had difficulty with choices for questions on dress -- that is, for work, I dress very conservatively (more so than average) but for non-work occasions, I dress much LESS conservatively than average. The question depends on the situation for me. Overall, great survey. Thanks for doing this.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Male, Germany	Some of the questions re: family presume that both parents are alive; my father is deceased, so some questions had to be answered in terms of when he was alive. Overall, a very interesting survey! Thanks for doing this!
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, Italy	very amazing to do!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Hope this helps!
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, Canada	i think you should add n/a to every question...
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I think the question about events that affected you life should include mre options, such as as parent/sibling etc. being diagnosed with a terminal illness or other major illness, and death of a friend.
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Great survey! Hope a lot of data is sampled.
Age 18 Gay/Lesbian Female, Canada	good survey! i hope the info helps you guys. :)
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I wouldn't consider "goth" a religion...it's more a lifestyle. "Goths" encompass a variety of religions, from Christianity to Satanism to Wicca to atheist to all points in between. That's like calling "metalheads" or "punk" or "raver" a religion...it's not. Just a lifestyle.
Age 31 - 35 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	Thank you for all your hard work ... it is appreciated more than you know. :)
Age 17 Gay/Lesbian Male, Canada	Just a superficial suggestion - make the background black and the text white - it would be easier on the eyes. (Staring at all this white for so long has irritated my contact wearing eyes) =(
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	thanks!
Age 19 Heterosexual Female, Canada	it was a little long but i was more then happy to do it
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	damn i thought it would never end but it was cool
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	yeah, that was fucking long.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	vaginal virginity was confusing, as I am a male... but i think I got it.
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	There was a mistake on question 9-28, it reffered to scarification but one of the answers reffered to piercings.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I found it difficult to relate some of the "North American" based language (eg health insurance, etc) to my personal experience which is entirely away from North America.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Damn that was long!! :) It would be interesting to see the results.
Age 17 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Aw, that wasn't bad at all!
Age 17 Gay/Lesbian Female, United States of America	that was the longest survey ive ever have to take! damn.... but i hope it helps for a good cause. educate, man!
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	in the part about places of tattoos, you forgot elbows
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	I think this survey was great and the questions were well thought out. I hope this helps people think better about modified people.
Age 18 Bisexual Female, Canada	My modifications aren't as "heavy" as others, but I love them and they are an improvement of myself. That's what my mods current, and future are to me, a way to improve myself.
Age 17 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	What about American Sign Language?:(
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, United States of America	i'm a 22 year old female college student (aspiring artist) of somewhat above average intelligence who grew up in a small town on an island in the pacific- for me, modification is part of self beautification on a level that goes past just the aesthetic. its part of a commitment i make to my body & my health- to take care of my modifications is to take care of my body/health/life as a whole. i find & emphasize the beauty in my physical being by engaging in (relatively) permanent modifications, & i also make a very real connection to the inside of my body through the presence of jewelry in my flesh.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	woah that was long~
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Good god, however long did it take you to make this survey?!!!!! Well done
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, Australia	none...
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Quite the lengthy survey.. I applaud you, a job well done.
Age 16 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Ireland	good survey but 1 question how would a homeless person have a computer with internet access?
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Male, Canada	12-9. How important is religion or spirituality in your life? i think the question above should be 2 questions seperating religon from Spirituality, Due to the fact i am very spiritual but not Religious, Other than that GREAT job! Thanx,
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, Brazil	Good idea, this can be used on a vast kind of situations, by lots of different professionals...good idea
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, Canada	i put that i am 18, because i am for 2 more days.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	This was a lot of fun!
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	One of the more well-thought out surveys that I have taken.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	I find this a very appropriate survey via covering all the facts, though I don't know if allowing a five-year-old option in any piercing or tattooing questions is really appropriate.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I found some grammatical and such errors while taking this survey. You might want to read through it again. Especially sentences saying "you have" instead of "have you". It was a little confusing.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	Thank you for creating this to better the community. I look forward to seeing what positive comes of it :)
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Female, Canada	cheers.... hope this helps!!!
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	thanks for ALL the hard work into running bme and iam!
Age 19 Gay/Lesbian Male, Canada	This survey is Too long to fill, warn people about the amount of question.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	wow that was fun...enjoy!!
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	Thank you for being so inclusive in this survery! It was a joy to answer and I hope it helps break down the rumors and untruths that exist about body mod. Namaste.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	thanks to BME, my eyes have opened up to the world Ive always dreamed of. I am alot happier with myself and ive dont things that i never though i would do I love this place!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Portugal	where is "satanist" in the religions section... after all it is a rcognised religion....
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	finally a very in depth meaningful survey !!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	watch the typos...:)
Age 36 - 40 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Male, United States of America	I have been on chemical castration for several years, so though I still have my balls it is also like I don't.
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	that was sorta long
Age 41 - 50 Gay/Lesbian Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Wow, pretty thorough job!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I think it's rediclous when a job won't hire me because the way I look. To me it's just like being racist. If I'm at an interview and the guy in front of with with braces gets a job and I don't because "it's not company policy" to me that's bull because braces are just as noticable. People argue with the fact that it's a "medical reason," but to me it's all the way you look at it and that it's more socially acceptable. Everyone dyes their hair and that's totally unatural. People paint their nails and cake make-up on their faces. They're all mods. Just because mine are socially not acceptable )yet), doesn't mean I should be discriminated against.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual Female, United States of America	I did not answer some of the questions because none of the answers applied to me, but a "Not Applicable" option was not offered.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	that was fun!!! thanks for another month!! ; )
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	hey, I think that this survey helped me think a little bit more about myself. Thanks.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, Canada	Very nice survey Hope it works out
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I'm very happy to finally see this survey happen. It's been a long time coming and I think it will show a much more accurate portrayal of the "modified" community than any other survey before. My thanks to all who have put forth their effort to make this possible. Take care.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Very long. But extensive, thus more accurate than any other survey of the same nature. I can't wait to see what the results of this survey are. I think that it will turn a few peoples heads.
Age 36 - 40 Gay/Lesbian Male, United States of America	Will the resuls be available? Guess you cant answer. Oh well. :-)
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I, for one, have chosen certain visible modifications that affect my interactions with other people. From stretched lobes and facial piercings to tattoos below the wrist, it makes finding equal employment more difficult as well as having most people judge me based upon my actions and not my appearance. While this is generally considered "negative", it's somethign that I was fully aware of and accepted prior to having these mods done and I accept the ramifications of my decisions with no regret or bitterness. We live in an imperfect world with imperfect people that will forever make initial judgements upon others by what they see.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual Female, Canada	mega survey is right! :)
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I would have preferred just Pagan as a religious choice (I dislike the term Neo-Pagan, though it's closest). I must say it's nice to have so many choices.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Male, Canada	good survey!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	9-28. I got my first voluntary scarification at age: 1. No piercings
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Canada	c'mon, i thought you said "mega"...
Age 18 Bisexual Male, Norway	Long But good test Hope i have been to eany help
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I sincerely hope that the results of this survey can open some eyes and let society know the positive reality of the body modification community.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, United States of America	thank you for including me. it was fun.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I know that this survey was 100% anonymous, but because of a lot of the questions asked initially it would be easily distinguishable who was who if you knew other members of BME. Not that I particularly care, but I wonder if you will get less responses from people.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I hope this helps you out Shannon.
Age 19 Bisexual Female, Australia	Very well written. I hope this helps.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	wow,that was unneccesisarily long.
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I love bme....I wish you had more shirts to choose from. I definetly not a major bod mod person...just tattoos.... keep up the good work
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	man that was long, lol
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	I love BME and looking at all the pictues and stories, even if I do not share the same enthusiasm on certain procedures.
Age 51 - 60 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	In questions about parents (for example when asking about their incomes and such) it would have helped for there to be an option to check in the instance when the parents were simply deceased....
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	There are several questions refering to parents, in regards to what they make, and what they do. I was raised by both of my parents, but my father died several years back, there should be a deceased option. Also, consider for future, an open ended section when the "other" option is chosen. It would have made me more comfortable with several answers
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, Canada	wicked survey! i'm glad that there will finally be an accurate portrayal of the body modification scene, hopefully this will aid in stopping stereotypes and prejudgement
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	hope this helps in the info!
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	B.M.E / IAM fuckin rawk! thank you's for giving me a place to make new friends with the same interests as myself.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	I wish it was more than a free month of iam, but oh well. Thanks for doing this. I appreciate the diversity of options.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Australia	great questions, goodluck with the survery.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	that was fun.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	Great survey Glad to be a part of it.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	You arn't kidding that that was long, but very good questions.
Age 16 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	wow...that was a shitload of questions. i'm just glad i get a month back on IAM :) :) :) xox
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I would just like to say here that if it was not for BME, I would not be the person I am today. Thank you.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Excellent survey. A few choices and ideas left out, but very nice -- I can't wait to see the results!
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	man that's long. hope it helps. xo.
Age 25 - 30 Gay/Lesbian Male, United States of America	damn.. hope this helps!!!! peace
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	rework some of the questions or explain them better "vaginal virginity" i'm a male so how do i answer, small stuff like that, that's all, other than that, great survey
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Female, Australia	Very interesting survey :)
Age 17 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	This is just too long! and my computer crashed while i was on page 7. that is all.
Age 25 - 30 Gay/Lesbian Male, Canada	Thanks for the opportunity to do this. I hope my answers reflect a more about modification in society.
Age 15 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	One of the best surveys that I've ever taken
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	Body modification will always be a part of me. I will never regret anything I've done, modifications or non. This is who I am and I am unapologetic about it. My tattoos and my piercings are a reminded of who I am and unless it poses a physical threat on my health or body, I will never, ever remove them. FOREVER MODIFIED!
Age 16 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	I've found IAM to hold some of the most progressive, interesting and accepting people I have ever met. IAM has had nothing but a positive impact on me and the people around me.
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Do you.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	Thank you. this is a wonderful idea and i'm glad to be a part of it!
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	There looks like there maybe some typos and some things have no "does not apply" option
Age 41 - 50 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I'm surprised there were no questions about how we feel about religion and society. Or a few questions about what we thought could be done to make the world a better place. Oh well, maybe on a future survey!
Age 25 - 30 Gay/Lesbian Transgender F2M (in progress), United States of America	Some of these questions are difficult to answer from a transgender perspective. You make little/no distinction between body-mod as a transsexual need versus as another kind of need/interest. Therefore, I took "major body mod" questions as relating to my transsexual surgeries, i.e. chest reconstruction and possible future surgery to create a penis. However, there's no real way to construe this meaning from your survey.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	i'm anxious to see the results
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	yeah! free month! who da man? I da man!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	thankyou for everything, you have positvely affected many people.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	word
Age 17 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	this. was long.
Age 17 Gay/Lesbian Transgender F2M (in progress), United States of America	:) glad yall are doing this
Age 13 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, Germany	Yay..this was a fun survey. :D
Age 22 - 24 Gay/Lesbian Male, United States of America	It would be nice if there was an indicator at the top of the page to let people know how much farther there is to go.
Age 19 Bisexual Female, United States of America	no comment
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	right on right on
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	goddamn that took forever!...hope it helps
Age 17 Bisexual Male, United States of America	:) hey there stud!
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual Female, United States of America	wow that was a very detailed survey rock on!
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	some of the questions in the survey can't be easly answered in a mutiple choice forum.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	thanks, that was really long!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	Total preppy girly-girl who loves her mods!!!!!!!!!!!!
Age 41 - 50 Gay/Lesbian Male, United States of America	I should have kept track.. I believe it was section 3-15 that asked (approximately) "which events strongly influenced you as a young person". I was somewhat disappointed, though not surprised, to see a selection list of exclsuively negative experiences. While I understand that positive experiences may be harder to enumerate.. please consider at least adding a "check box" for a generic positive experience. This is applicable to more than one question. Interesting survey.. in spite of the "half-empty" bias to the questions. Fairly good job!
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	very shocked you didn't ask about military service
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual Male, United States of America	that was a long time to take this thing...
Age 18 Heterosexual Female, Canada	Really great survey, especially the part about how my mods make me feel about myself. I would love to see the results of this survey.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, China	There's 2 questions on page 1 in this megasurvey requarding where I was born and where I live, I think it should include Hong Kong SAR as well, since I'm from HK and I've no choice but to click China since HK's not on the list. Thankyou.
Age 16 Heterosexual Female, Canada	Fire out these surveys whenever you feel like it. I've got loads of time and I'm always willing to help out the community!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	i would like to see more suspensions and pulls. in california the body mod scene is trendy. it consist too much of navel piercings and popular things of that sort. i want to be able to find more underground bod mod groups
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Very In-depth!
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	Wow that was LONG...but interesting. Cool stuff. ;o)
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	this was so long!!:)
Age 19 Bisexual Female, Poland	some rediculous questions.
Age 25 - 30 Gay/Lesbian Male, Canada	what a great idea..... enough said
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	i forgot
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	This was a pretty nice, comprehensive survey. I'm glad that there will be a large database of statistics that will, for once, accurately describe the modified community. Thanks!
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	A yeast infection isn't really an STD, because you don't need to have sex to get one (if you're female, anyways).
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Hmmm.. hairstyle question difficult due to the fact that i SHAVE MY HEAD!!
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Male, United States of America	As I'm sure you're going to be munging this data and aggrigating it, and getting trending values out of it, I'm wondering if it would be possible to get either the raw data or the end result as I'm sure its just a sql db... Or exporting to .csv or some other character delimited file it would be interesting to play around with. But if you're gonna use the results for something which would prohibit their release, that's cool too.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	god, that was so fucking long...
Age 17 Heterosexual Male, Canada	A very well thought out survey, although some of these questions I would think some would have trouble asking. Then again...it is IAM members answering..nice job IAM staff. Keep up the good work and have a good summer. ^_^
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Transgender F2M (in progress), United States of America	The only problem I've ever found in the intrest surveys is that for occupation, there is no option for "modification industry non-practitioner." For instance, people who are not piercers/tattooists/branders/cutters but who work to specifically support the industry... jewellry makers, counter people, etc. I am a counter person at an internationally known shop and am never sure what to check off in these questionaires... i'm not a practitioner, so i cna't check that, but just checking 'retail' feels completely incorrect.
Age 17 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	fun.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	bme rules, as does the so cal bme bbq
Age 19 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	thanks again for all your contribution to the piercing community over the years!
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual Female, Australia	Thanks for the opertunity to take part and help out bme
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Canada	This was HELLA long.
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	bme is fucking great:)
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	More than happy to help out!
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, Philippines	With BME I have felt more confident about getting body mods, especially because of the experiences forum. It helps me prepare of what to expect and how to care for it. This site has been very beneficial to me. And the friends I have gained out of this site are the most important. To hang out with people and not be the "different" one in the bunch feels a little more comfortable. And also knowing that girls don't think I look "weird" or "odd" because of the way I look, helps my confidence a lot.
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	bme/iam has helped me greatly to relize i am not alone.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	9-28 has a typo
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I've taken longer surveys, but you did seem to cover everything though.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	I think this is an awasome survery Id love to see what comes of this and if it really reaches mainstream news/families etc. Took a while though. heh
Age 16 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	12-7 does not have a N/A box
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Canada	I had no idea it was going to be that long, hehehehe
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	not a bad survey. pretty thorough except there was nothing on branding or asphyxiation which are pretty common.
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	The quotes about political feelings are a bit hard to answer with a definite. I'm not sure how to add more freedom in those answers, but I found myself having to answer with the ambivolent one because it depends on context with many of them.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	If the fucking "ohjectivists" are a religion so are existentialists.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	interesting survey - i actually wished that it was a bit longer - looking forward to reading the results.
Age 20 - 21 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	This survey was long, but well worth it. There were some great questions...
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	religion: roman catholic
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, Canada	this was fun.
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Male, United States of America	Satanism should be added to the religion choices.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Since I've been here, I've never felt out of place.
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	my piercings hurt but i dont want to take them out because i'm holding onto a dream that they DID look good !!!
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	good survey. funner than a regular quiz!
Age 36 - 40 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Phew! Done! Thanks for the opportunity. Would just comment that in the q's about parents, you might have allowed the possibility of parent(s) being deceased. It's hard to cater for all eventualities I know, but I guess this one is not uncommon ;)
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	One hell of a survey, but with some very good questions. Im happy to have taken it.
Age 25 - 30 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, New Zealand	Very precise and very indepth. BUT its very long!
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, Canada	sooooooooo long
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	time to let them know what we're about..
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Female, Sweden	Good questions!
Age 20 - 21 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	welli hope this survey helps out... i very much enjoyed doing it.
Age 18 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	Wow! that was long but very much worth it!:)
Age 16 Heterosexual Male, Canada	Just one thing I think you should maybe add to the Job lists, this might have been covered under service industry but I was unsure. Maybe add a button for Hospitality Industry(Restaruants,Hotels,etc) just a suggestion and keep up the good work on IAM and BME great site.
Age 36 - 40 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United States of America	cool survey
Age 19 Bisexual Female, Australia	i enjoyed doing this! so thanks. glad to help.
Age 31 - 35 Heterosexual Female, United States of America	none
Age 18 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, Canada	Cool survey. Long but will hopefully help IAM improve on its already perfectness! ;)
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Happy to help. xx
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily heterosexual) Female, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	I'm a buddhist and a Christian - a sort of religion that I have worked out for myself that suits my own enquiry into the world (not that I've figured everything out, and not that this matters). I'm not really involved in any organised religion, though I do go to meditation class. How do you put all that in a check box, eh? ;-)
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	christ on a bike!that was a beast!
Age 22 - 24 Bisexual (primarily gay/lesbian) Female, United States of America	There were a few questions (I can't remember now, I would have to go back through the survey) - that there were no correct answers for me... but I tried to pick the best answer possible.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	this was pointless
Age 19 Heterosexual Male, United States of America	a beautiful survey, i'm excited to see the results.
Age 25 - 30 Heterosexual Male, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Very heavily weighted towards North American lifestyle/culture. Also, self-selecting sample is unscientific.
Age 22 - 24 Heterosexual Male, United States of America