Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Mixed Message Tattoos
In the reading "Secret Ink: Tattoos in American Culture" explains why people get tattoos but still yet feel the need to hide or conceal them. The people who choose to mark their bodies feel the need to express themselves in that way but still may require it to be hidden by clothing. This is the mixed message that tattoos give, people may want to get tattoos but chose to hide them. This is usually because of the persons career goals, and do not want to endanger their future or social life. Another mixed message tattoos give is how people get them to represent important things in their life, or to tell a specific story. Tattoos also send a fear into the people who get inked up, the constant reminder of pain and the unknown culture of tattoos can completely turn people off to it because they are not very familiarized with tattoos.
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I got the same message from the reading. More people want tattoos because they want to mark something significant to themselves, yet feel the need to put it in a discreet location so others cannot see it. This defeats the purpose in my eyes, but not everyone is as open to tattoos and still feel there is a stigma or turnoff to people that have them. This can affect jobs or social lives.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't have a problem with people having tattoos, i have one and plan on getting more in future. I do however plan on getting them in a spot that might not been see by the public, this is simply because of my career choice. Society has become more accepting of tattoos in our culture but there are still people out there who see tattoos as deviant and relate tattooed people to crime and gangs. I agree with what you said about people being fearful of the tattoo culture, I have seen people who have one or two tattoos and they look at a person who has multiple tattoos in disgust simply because they aren't familiar with the culture yet.
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