@nebule Some is that if people should be able to do what they want with their bodies (which many people say about drinking, drugs, tattoos, piericings) then that should extend to self mutilation and sometimes even suicide as well. Some is that (and I’m trying to word this delicately, because this thread isn’t marked NSFW), there’s often an “anything you want to do with a consenting partner is fine” attitude, which means that if you do x act in intimate relations, it’s totally cool – but then not cool as a solo, non-erotic act. Or similarly, if it’s in the context of a tattoo or piercing – even total body tattoos – it’s ok (or at least, “ok”), but not when it’s a solo, private act without a monetary exchange. For some it’s not so much that it’s healthy, but that it’s not much worse or any worse than most and/or all coping strategies like drinking, drugs, sex with strangers, shopping sprees, etc. Some is that involuntary commitment is itself a highly controversial issue, and often involves the denying of agency in those who are involuntarily committed, and then self mutilation is sometimes one of those things that can get a person involuntarily committed, so those who are against involuntary commitment see this as a human rights violation.