The study found a strong association between goth subculture and deliberate self-harm. The sample was small. But more than half of those who said they were goths had self-harmed.
A couple of doctors wrote in, noting that the study was conducted in Scotland between 2002 and 2004. During this time, they pointed out, a Scot won Pop Idol and another won Fame Academy. They suggested that "the exasperation with popular cultural trends may have driven one subculture, the goths, to drastic methods of protest, such as self-harming". Are they being serious?
The Times reported on what it thought may be the first recorded victim of happy slapping to turn the tables on his attackers.
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