Wednesday 30 October 2013

The Purpose Of Wearing Jewelry By Phillip Romero

By Rachael Gutierrez


People do not only where the ornament on their body or on their clothes for only the artistic display. The reasons why people use jewelry can be numerous depending on the circumstances that are surrounding an individual. A general purpose that cuts across many of these individuals is however the beauty aspect. Phillip Romero argues that one can wear these ornaments only for the personal adornment.

There are those ornaments that if the male use them, they might be misunderstood. For instance in most cultures the male need not to wear earrings. Those male who wear earring on one of their ears are taken to be portraying their relationship status as guy. This might not be the case but that is what people who are seeing them tend to assume.

The reasons why people use jewelry can however include the aspect of revealing the status of a person. The ring is the best example of these ornaments that can be used in clearly portraying different relationship status. The finger on which the ring is placed uniquely represents the individual state of the person relationship.

For instance a person that has placed he ring on the thumb symbolize that they are actually guy. The middle figure show that they are engaged and the little finger shows that they are actually not in any relationship. This therefore calls for the proper use of these ornaments to avoid misleading others.

The personal or the social status of a person can be displayed by the type of ornaments that they are wearing. The social status can involve the wedding, or circumcision. During these social functions a person can be presented with a particular ornament to symbolize that they have successfully undergone the transition.

Some of the religions in addition discourage the use of the ornaments. They discourage their members from wearing them because they believe that they were wonderfully are beautifully created by the Supreme Being. They therefore do not need any ornament to be able to modify their appearance.

In addition there is the functional use of these items. They are not only used as some form of beauty of symbolic representation of a culture but also for functional use. Not all of the items that belong to this category can however be very use full in the functional aspect of life. Only a specific category of the entire ornament family can be relevant in this area.

The purpose of wearing jewelry as described by Phillip Romero in this contest is to act as a symbolic show of membership in a certain group. The Roman Catholic Church for instance provides its members with a necklace that aid them in making prayers and in guiding their relationship with the Supreme Being. Each member of these religion therefore wears this ornament not only for the religious belief that is attached t it but to also act as their royalty to the religion.




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