...statement? While that it depends on how you were brought up and peer pressure, body piercing is a decision that each person makes on their own based on their beliefs and feelings as well as cultural differences. 1. First main point: Body Art Basics for Beginners Supporting details: Deciding if body piercing is right for you? Subdetails: Body piercings gone wrong Subdetails: The different types of piercing methods Subdetails: Choosing a Clean Studio & Qualified parlor Subdetails: Finding Pleaser in the Paine Supporting details: Piercing Basics Subdetails: Piercing Aftercare Instructions Subdetails: Why Piercing Guns are not safe Subdetails: The Dangers of Self-Piercing Subdetails: Choosing a Qualified Piercer 2. Second main point: Body Piercing Styles Supporting details: Searching for Meaning and Symbolism Subdetails: The origin of body piercing Subdetails: Religious Symbols Subdetails: The art behind Body piercing Supporting details: Body Jewelry Subdetails: The different types of body jewelry objects Subdetails: What it is made from? Subdetails: The meaning behind the jewelry 3. Third main point: Body Art Health and Safety Issues Supporting details: Universal Precautions Subdetails: Glossary Definition – Contamination-Blood Born Pathogens Subdetails: The Importance of Spore Strip Testing Subdetails: Do Disposable (One Time Use) Needles and Tubes Make a Piercing Safe? Supporting details: Body Art and Disease Risks Subdetails: MRSA and Modifications-...
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...Speech on Piercings Introduction Many people though out society look down upon people with facial and body piercings especially if they have more than just their ears which is more socially expectable. Within the US many people use getting piercings for many reasons like tradition, cultural reasoning’s, and aesthetics. However, piercings are considered to be a personal journey, this changes from culture to culture. The origins of body piercing date back thousands of years. As an ancient style of body adornment, body piercing practices have been important for cultural rituals and as expressions of beauty (Shafiei, "Origins of Body Piercing"). Cultural Reasoning’s A. There are many cultural reasoning’s for the nose piercing, throughout ancient history to today’s society. The practice of nose piercing is still followed among the nomadic Berber and Beja tribes of Africa and the Bedouins of the Middle East. The size of the ring gifted denotes a family's wealth. It's given by a husband to his wife when they marry, and it represents financial security for her in the event that she and her husband are divorced ("History of Body Piercings"). In the west, nose piercing first appeared among the hippies who had traveled to India in the Late 1960s. In the 1970s, the practice of nose piercing was adopted by the Punk movement as a symbol of rebellion against conservative values. Most conservative people, mainly parents and employers, still don't react well to this piercing along with...
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...Tattoos and Body Piercings Carrie Lynn Zik ENG/147 December 22, 2014 Jenny Mark Tattoos and Body Piercings What is the first impression people get whenever they see someone with a face full of piercings or tattoos all over their body? What were they thinking? Why would they do that? Are they in a gang or are they going to hurt someone? Movies and society have been stereotyping those with tattoos and body piercings for years. The truth of the art is much more than skin deep. While piercings and tattoos have become a trend, educating people about the culture, history, and risk of them can change society’s perspective on today’s definition. Tattoos and body piercings have been around for thousands of years, representing different definitions for each culture. According to The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, (4th) “historical research has shown that Egyptians identified tattooing with fertility and nobility during 4000-2000 BC” (Piercings and tattoos”, 2014, para 1.) In other gathering societies, tattoos and body piercings represented socialization symbols in initiation rituals and ceremonies. Body piercings have been around just as long as tattoos. Whenever body piercings started, the ear was the most famous body part to pierce among people in Africa, India, Indonesia, and North and South America (“Piercings,” 2014.) However, body modification soon became popular including other body parts. For instance, the lip, tongue, eyebrows, nipples, navel, genitals...
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...Society: Why the issues with Body Piercings? By R. Hackett Jr. 2009 Have you ever walked down the street and seen someone who looks different than you in one way or another and thought, “What was that person thinking?” Imagine that person, at the very same moment, thinking the same thing about you? Often we are quick to judge without taking into consideration each person’s reasons for what they do and how they look. While some say body piercing's look unprofessional and do not belong in today’s society, body piercing is a personal choice that one makes for his or her own individual reason. Some people get body piercing’s for religious reasons, some for right of passage, decoration, fashion and still yet some go out and get body piercing’s as a form of rebellion. Regardless of the reason, we must remember to respect other’s decisions and perhaps stop and take a moment to consider that perhaps the body piercing represents something more and goes further than skin deep. As a woman you may choose to only have your ears pierced one time with only one hole in each ear or multiple times with numerous holes in varying parts of the ear. As a man you may choose to have a hole in each ear, only one of your ears pierced or neither of them at all. Individual’s have chosen many different ways to express themselves with piercing’s in the ear. In today’s society parents are even faced with having to decide if they are going to get their newborn baby’s ears pierced. (Sanders...
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...in this essay one is required to discuss whether section 163 (4) of the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008 codified the common law approach in piercing the corporate veil i.e. to what extent did the 2008 Act brought some certainty regarding to the grounds in which the courts will disregard the juristic existence of a company. To achieve this I’m going to first explore the position of common law in this field of law. As a point of departure, the company is equal in law to a natural person. This is one of the cornerstones of South African company law, and has been since 1897 handed down in the Salomon case namely that a company is a legal entity distinct from its shareholders. It allows a company to perform juristic acts in its own name, as well as to sue and to be sued. Further, members and directors enjoy protection against personal liability. The corporate veil is a fundamental aspect of a company law and is a protective stratagem for those who exist behind it . Although this fundamental rule has a considerable influence in company law, it cannot be absolute and, as such, according to the case of Lock harts ltd v Excalibur Holdings ltd it can be saved for certain exceptions (where the courts may disregard the separate legal personality of the company) Herron CJ in Commissioner of Land Tax v Theosophical Foundation described lifting of the corporate veil as an ‘esoteric’ label, stating further that authorities in which the veil of incorporation has been lifted have not been of...
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...limit the personal liability of investors in the event of a calamity. If your firm is representing a plaintiff who has been wronged by a corporation, it is the corporate entity that will be named as the defendant in the lawsuit -- not any of the corporation's principals. Sometimes, however, a pre-lawsuit inquiry of the corporation turns up very little in the way of property to satisfy a judgment, while a similar search performed on the owners turns up plenty of assets. While laws governing corporations do not normally allow you to name the officers, directors or shareholders as parties in a lawsuit, if you suspect there is an ongoing abuse of corporate privileges, you may apply a legal theory known as the "alter ego doctrine" -- or "piercing the corporate veil" -- to reach past the corporation and attach liability to the principals. When to Apply the Alter Ego Doctrine Corporations are recognized by the law as "persons." They have a life of their own, and must be kept separate and apart from the humans who own and run them. To maintain this separateness, and thereby protect their owners from liability, corporations need to follow a variety of formalities. (The list is by no means all-inclusive, but illustrates the most commonly breached formalities.) Corporations must, for example: *Issue stock. *Hold regular shareholder and director meetings as specified in the bylaws (and maintain meeting minutes). *Ensure assets are not comingled with those of the stockholders...
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...A History of Human Art and Body Painting If the impulse to create art is a defining sign of humanity, the body may well have been the first canvas. Alongside paintings on cave walls visited by early people over 30,000 years ago, we find handprints, ochre deposits, and ornaments. And because the dead were often buried with valuable possessions and provisions for the afterlife, ancient burials reveal that people have been tattooing, piercing, painting, and shaping their bodies for millennia. All of the major forms of body art known today appear in the ancient world, and there is no evidence indicating a single place of origin for particular techniques. Like people today, ancient peoples used body art to express identification with certain people and distinction from others. Through body art, members of a group could define the ideal person and highlight differences between individuals and groups. In the past, as today, body art may have been a way of communicating ideas about the afterlife and about the place of the individual in the universe. A variety of objects demonstrate the use of body art in ancient times including an Egyptian fish-shaped make-up palette from 3650 BC to 3300 BC; a painted Greek vase from the fifth century BC depicting tattooed Thracian women; a ceramic spout bottle depicting the pierced face of a Moche warrior of Peru from AD 100-700; and ceramics of painted Nayarit women from 300 BC to 300 AD. As people from one culture encounter people from...
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...“A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye.” ~V. Vale and Andrea Juno I. INTRODUCTION A Tattoo is a form of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos have been used by most cultures for centuries and recently have become very popular with both men, women and youth. But why are tattoos so popular in today’s society? Most people who have tattoos will say that they got it for a specific time or person in their lives that they will never forget. Others say that they feel more adventurous and don’t really have a specific reason for getting their tattoo. For some people, tattoos make them feel different from other people. Some people say it is art. In an NBC News article a young man said, “Your body’s an empty canvas, so you almost want to continue to add to it.” Some don’t personally like tattoos and don’t understand them. Some understand are representation of a special someone or a specific time in ones life more than the ones that are there to show rebellness. Fads and styles come and go and we are not sure if tattoos will ever die down, but if they do, some people may regret getting tattoos. Tattooing has been practiced for centuries in many cultures and spread throughout the world. Tattooing was popular among certain ethnic groups in Southern China, Polynesia, Africa, Borneo, Cambodia, Europe, Japan, the Mentawai Islands, MesoAmerica, New Zealand, North America...
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...States, the older generation did not like body ornamentation because they think it is bizarre or abnormal. However, the younger generations is changing that today because they believe that it is a sign of meaning of self-expression. For example, people that have tattoos are trying to tell a story in the form of art and body piercing is a sexual expression. Likewise, other cultures around the world have been doing this for centuries. The African women will input rings around their necks and both sex will insert plates in their lips. Therefore, every culture practice these body ornamentation differently. Going back to the pages of history, tattoos in the early ages, were borne not for fashion. Instead, they were generally inscribed in body, essentially for the medicinal and spiritual qualities (iloveindia, n.d.). “While beadwork and jewelry are also frequently used as a means of beautification, there are a few types of body art that dominate. Body decoration and transformation occurs at set times in a person’s life and the decoration’s thought to enhance a person’s status and beauty” (Admin, 2010). In varies of cultures, tattoos and body piercing is the form of beauty and power because it reconfigures identity, sexuality, gender, and status. Africans and indians mark themselves for beauty, medical purpose, and protection from evil spirits. “Traditional tattooing in African culture is not a mere expression of one’s individuality. It’s a series of intricately designed...
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...Tattoos and Piercings throughout Different World Cultures COM/150 Effective Essay Writing Tattoos and Piercings throughout Different World Cultures Did you know that almost a fourth of men and women between 18 and 50 years of age have at least one tattoo? How about that 15% of those people have at least one body piercing ("Northwestern University News Center," n.d.)? These statistics may be surprising, but the fact is that tattoos and piercings are growing increasingly more popular in today’s society. Although we can see that people of all ages have tattoos and piercings, they seem to be the most popular among teenagers and young adults. The popularity of these sometimes taboo actions have not always been so popular though, and while some people may perceive tattoos and piercings negatively; the fact is that they have many different meanings in cultures throughout the world. This essay will discuss a few of the different cultures in which tattoos and piercings can be seen. Both tattoos and piercings have been around for some time now. Tattoos are thought to have been around for thousands and thousands of years. Some scientists believe that the marks which were found on the mummified body of an iceman from 3300 B.C. could possibly be tattoos ("History Of Tattooing", 2003). Most piercings have been around for thousands of years as well. Piercings such as the nostril and the ear lobe date back to nearly 5000 years ago ("Body Piercing History", 1998). Among some people...
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...qualified for the position he had applied for, it could be questioned if the tattoos had anything to do with this decision made by the interviewing company (Pyrillis, 2010). Although people have tattoos and body piercings in a workplace their performance while working should matter not their appearance. With that in mind it can be viewed that tattoos and body piercings in a workplace or during a hiring process can make speculations of unfair judgment against potential employees, since it can be argued that the interviewer bases their opinion of the candidate with the tattoos or piercings work off of their appearance versus their work history, performance, and work ethics. Many persons feel as though it is necessary to cover up any tattoos or piercings while in their workplace. One example would be a survey of two thousand twenty people was taken where sixty eight percent of men and seventy two percent of women felt it necessary to cover up their tattoos and/or piercings in the workplace (Pyrillis, 2010). While on the other side of this argument the remaining people felt that their tattoos and/or piercings should be allowed to be shown in the workplace without any negative consequences (Pyrillis, 2010). What this goes on to prove is that tattoos and/ or piercings in a workplace can make a difference on how a person might feel about how professionalism can be viewed by a third party or how...
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...A New Era Arises - But are Tattoos and Piercings Wrong for the Workplace? COM/150 August 14, 2011 Timothy Mcknight Abstract Many people from the age of 40 down have begun a new trend, one that seemed to catch on and run wild with many, including the youth. Take a good look around regardless of the time zone or area code you live in, and you will notice something that I would call a phenomenon among ages. A large number of men, women, boys, and girls will display their meaning of art. A piece of art that symbolizes different meanings to different people. Regardless of the meaning that an individual may have for their body art, there are some employers who do not agree with this type of display of individuality. Are they wrong, or are they right? No matter what anyone may feel about tattoos or body piercings, it is prevalent that they exist among us, and each of us will come face to face with a dilemma that is widespread one day. A team concept should be strongly considered prior to making any drastic decision and placing a tattoo or body piercing in a visible location. Individuality may be preferred but that will only work if you happen to own the company you work for. Otherwise be mindful of this and place your tattoo or body piercing in a discreet location. A New Era Arises - But are Tattoos and Piercings Wrong for the Workplace? Living in an ever-changing era, times are difficult for many to grasp today, especially concerning permanent markings on one’s...
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...cutting your hair, working out, gaining weight, and tattoos and piercings are all different ways to change the way you look. Most of the people who do any of those things don’t change their look because other people told them too, they do it so that they can feel better about themselves in any way you can. I interviewed five people I know and found out their opinions on their body modifications if they had any and what they think about it if they do not. My boyfriend who has gauges and piercings told me that he had to hide his piercings in fear that his father would not approve of them since he works with the military. So for a long time he had to always be self-aware of what his dad would day to him if he found out. Then one day he decided to just show him and he said “I don’t understand why you would want to have those in your ears but if that’s what you want then I cannot tell you that you cannot have them.” In my own opinion I think that’s the best way to handle a situation with a child wanting to change their appearance. I then interviewed my own mother because I know she has a hard time coming to terms with people who want to put something on their body to change what they look like. She never wears make up. She doesn’t wear earrings. The most she does to change her appearance is dying her hair because she doesn’t want to feel old yet. I asked her opinions on piercings and tattoos and since I have a lip piercing she tried to not offend me in anyway shape or form by her opinion...
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...Body art has been around for many centuries and over time it has developed into a way to express oneself. From tattoos to piercings, to even more extreme fashion like cosmetic surgery, body art sure has became a creative way for people to make a new identity for themselves. In my opinion, body art should not be practiced unless their culture or beliefs are the ideal reason or if they take a course in body modification just so they acknowledge the risk and complications that come with procedures so drastic and that are unnecessary if it is just for pleasure. Before you make that appointment to get your tattoo that you have been wanting so bad for the longest time, just think about the placement first of all. Where would you be receiving this...
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...of my nose and smiled. I don’t remember what state of mind I was in when I walked into the parlor, but I left victorious! Throughout history, people have decorated and modified the appearance of their bodies in many different ways. Nostril piercings are thought to have been adopted into the noble castes in the Middle East almost 4000 years ago. Nowadays, nostril piercings have been adopted by Christina Aguilera. In South America, Aztec and Mayan priests pierced their tongues as part of a ritual to communicate with their gods. In several African tribes, the beauty of women was determined by the size of plates that were fitted into their upper lips. In ancient civilizations of Egypt, a “perfect belly button” could elevate someone’s social standing. At that time, only Pharaohs and royal families could pierce their navels. Anyone else was promptly executed. A “perfect belly button”, however, could be a peasant’s ticket to a better life. The ancient Romans pierced their nipples (ouch) to show their strength and endurance. It is also theorized that their nipple jewelry held their cloaks in place! To this day, piercings have continued to capture human curiosity and fascination. The world record for the highest number of body piercings is one of the most volatile since it is constantly adjusting as each prickled being attempts to outdo the previous one. In 2002, Nathan Robitaille, 23, had 420 needles stuck into his arms, thus breaking the previous world record of...
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