...There are many ways that tattoos are viewed in American society, some ways being viewed as, inspiration, memories, and support for fights against illness or careers. However, tattoos were mainly, and are still sometimes, viewed in a negative connotation being related to gangs or convicts, drug abuse, or sex. In 2013, a study done by Pew Research Center, Tattoo Finder, and Vanishing Tattoo, shows that 14% of all aged Americans have at least one tattoo. Americans between the ages 18-25, 36% of them had at least one tattoo, and of Americans between the ages 26-40, 40% had at least one tattoo. Tattoos are becoming more common in society, from teachers to CEOs, most people have at least one tattoo on his or her body. While many people will argue that tattoos are all inferior or pointless, there are positive aspects to getting tattoos such as, being beneficial for the body and mind, and more people are actually receiving tattoos than they did 10 years ago. According to KidsHealth on their section “Tattoos,” Dr. Mary L. Gavin explains what exactly a tattoo is and goes into more depth on the risks, procedures for both getting and removing a tattoo, and the care process after the tattoo is finished. Gavin writes, “a tattoo is a puncture wound, made deep in the skin, that's filled with ink. It's made by penetrating into the skin with a needle and injecting ink into the area, usually creating some sort of design.” Tattoos are usually viewed in a negative light, however, Dr. Gavin helps...
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...place for people with tattoos. Unfortunately today tattoos are still looked down upon. When someone gets a tattoo, they know what the consequence may be for them; and that is not being able to get a certain job. I don’t see not allowing someone to get a job because of his or her tattoo as a form of discrimination. In most cases they are not hiring the person because they believe that with the tattoos the employee is not able to upkeep the image that their employer desires. The classes of discrimination include what people have no control over: race, nationality, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. People with tattoos have voluntarily chosen to get them. In addition, employers have the legal rights to create a work and dress code that can include legal provisions on the visibility of tattoos. It would hurt companies because this may give employees another reason to sue them. A reason certain companies may require body art to be covered is that they are trying to keep a certain corporate image which is important for their presentation of the company. They want their employees to be clean and presentable and fit into the image they are trying to convey. This may be important for jobs in which you are required to work and present products to others; which is a large amount of jobs. Also companies may be against tattoos if they want to keep a traditional, clean image; in which they try to appear to a certain audience. Although tattoos are becoming more normal...
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...Corporate perception, productivity, and morale are improved with employing individuals with tattoos. Tattoos have their place in every culture including 21st century America. The notion of only bikers and harlots having tattoos is as outdated as those who use the term ‘harlot’ – today everyone from the leader of the PTA to politicians and CEOs are tattooed. The bias against tattooed individuals extends far beyond name calling, for some individuals it can even extend to the ability to be hired or promoted, however as the number of tattooed individuals increases so does the opportunity for companies to take advantage of the unique benefits that having a tattoo offers, just as many extremely successful companies are realizing. Despite the negative outlook some people have on tattoos in the workplace, employing tattooed individuals improves overall perception of the company, increases...
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...reasons. Do having tattoo in this post-renaissance period still serve as an accurate predicator of aberrant behaviour? In our society, people from our older generation who spotted tattoos are either gangs affiliated members or people engaging in nefarious activities, thus bearing such marking will attract remarks akin to signs of rebellion or the marks of a miscreant. Nonetheless, today, we are beginning to see a paradigm shift regarding the use of tattoo in our conservative society. This form of body modification is now sought after by the fashion hungry and it is said that the reason for this transition is attributable to westernisation. Tattoo can be seen on many bodies of public figures as style statements or as an expression of their feeling. From acclaimed footballer, David Beckham, to renowned singer, Justin Bieber, they could be seen camouflaged with pictures of their preference in many parts of their body. This practise of getting “inked” has become increasingly common in the western world in the past decade. A report done by Pew Research Centre, Washington, D.C, states that 36 percent of American from age 18 to 29 have at least one tattoo. Over time, tattooing has gone beyond the realms of savage onto sailor, and from sailor to landsman. It has percolated through the entire societal fabric; its credential is incontrovertible and may be found on many a famous people. It has to be argued that though it seems popular to be seen with tattoos, it is still dangerous...
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...TATTOO MANIA! (An A-Z of Flash Tattoos) A proposed book illustration and its promotion A Thesis presented to the College of Fine Arts and Design UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Advertising By Ma. Minerva Minnehaha V. Capco INTRODUCTION Although our country still remains conservative as compared to the West, the prevalence of Skin Art here in the Philippines is still unstoppable. Filipinos of the latest generations have gradually started opening up to embrace a whole new subculture---a subculture that is more experimental with art, music and sports. Crews and crews of Graffiti artists as well as Skaters are flourishing, Local bands are reaching new heights, and of course, the Industry of Tattooing is growing by the minute. The word tattoo was said to have two major derivations. From the Polynesian word “Ta” which means “to strike something” and from the Tahitian word “Tatau” which means “to mark something”. Archaeologists across the globe have unearthed preserved corpses and mummies that are tattooed. These mummies are said to have lived thousands of years ago, and most of the bodies bore tattoos that signify their cultures, ranks and beliefs. According to research, tattooing has been in activity to many countries such as Japan, Egypt, China, Polynesia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Africa, Ancient Greece and Rome, America...
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...Judge a Book by its Cover: For many years the public would say that when asked to visualize a person with tattoos their first thoughts would be of criminals, sailors, bikers, or gangsters. Not anymore! Tattoos have become culturally acceptable in today’s society. They have a rich history that dates back to 2000 B.C. before any kind of negative stigma was formed. Because of that stigma, however, tattoos and people with tattoos have developed a bad reputation. Many concerns such as the procedure, health risks and career complications are what have caused some of the negativity towards tattoos. In today’s society these are no longer the case and thus, the art has become mainstream. The act of tattooing started in early civilizations and was most evident in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians’ wall writing showed evidence of the body being used as a canvas around 2000 B.C. (“All About the”). Throughout many different cultures tattoos are used as a part of their religious practices. A tattoo can represent ones authority or a particular responsibility within the practice. However, during biblical times, tattoos were considered an act of mythological worship. Some experts believe that Moses viewed tattoos a little differently, viewing them as a way to commemorate devotion rather than paganism worship. Years later, during the Roman Empire, slaves and criminals began to bare tattoos causing them to develop a negative connotation. They were also used negatively to brand Jews during the Holocaust...
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...My Community I would like to think of myself as being part of the tattoo community. We are a diverse and cultural group of people. Tattoos have been dated back as far as 3000 B.C. and were a way for tribes to identify one another. Tattoo derives from the Polynesian word “ta” which means to strike something, and the Tahitian word “tatu” which means to mark something. Europeans adopted this and brought it back to new world and it has become a fast and growing trend among today’s society. Tattooing begins by the artist disinfecting the work area thoroughly by placing bags on bottles to avoid any kind of cross contamination. Then the artist removes all equipment from sterile packaging in front of the client. Then the artist shaving the area and disinfecting the area to be tattooed with a mixture of water and antibacterial soap. The basic components of a tattoo gun are a sterilized needle, a tube system that draws ink through the machine. An electric motor, and a foot pedal, which controls vertical movement of the needle. Then time for the fun part. An electrically powered machine moves a needle in an up and down motion to puncture the skin between 50-120 times per minute. The sound of a tattoo gun can be described as that of a dentist drill. Each time the needle penetrates the skin it deposits a drop of insoluble ink about a millimeter down into the second layer of skin call the dermis. It is put into this layer because the cells in the dermis are more stable, with...
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...body modification are tattoos and body piercings (Gay & Whittington, 2002. p. 8). There are many reasons behind why someone would decide to tattoo or pierce their body, along with those reasons there are some regrets, and due to those regrets, there are a few different removal techniques. One of the most common reasons for getting a tattoo is for group identity (Horne, Knox, Zusman, Zusman, 2007 p. 3). There are men and women who have served or are currently serving in our nation’s military that have tattoos that stand for courage, patriotism, defiance of death, and longing for family and loved ones left behind (“Tattoos in the USA,” 2011). It is stated that our current culture can credit the Navy sailors for introducing the art of tattooing to the military due to their coming home from faraway lands with permanent reminders of the places they had been (Van Geete, 2009, para. 1). According to Staff Sgt. Stephanie van Geete, “You could not throw a rock into a military formation without hitting a soldier with at least one tattoo.” Many sailors in the past would get a picture of a submarine ship (“Military tattoos,” 2012). There are sailors past and present that have hula girls wearing grass skirts or pin up style girls wearing a Navy uniform. Some sailors may even have a mermaid, or an anchor due to their nautical symbolism (“Military tattoos,” 2012). Those in the Marines may receive a tattoo of a bulldog, the unofficial mascot of the Marines, or a tattoo of a military issued...
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...Read the Business Decision Case Stink Over Ink? Victims of Tattoo Layoffs, found on page 349 in your text. Answer questions 1-5 and submit as an attachment. Be sure to cite any additional resources you use. 1. Yes they should be protected under nation’s employment laws because they are human just like everyone else. Just because you have tattoos don’t mean you shouldn’t have a job. 2. Employee’s may choose to have a dress code that requires that body art be covered because some tattoo’s display religious choices and derogatory things and everyone shouldn’t have to be subjected to that some tattoo’s may be offensive so you should cover them up to not offend anyone. The only jobs that should allow tattoo’s to be visible is a job that is not dealing with the public. 3. Yes because if he had the tattoos when he was hired and he didn’t acquire any new tattoos I don’t see what the problem was there wasn’t a problem when he was hired so what changed and he was covering them up so I don’t think it was because of customer complaints so on what merit did they have for firing him and why was he the only one targeted out, there was others with tattoos why weren’t they fired as well. No tattoos are all the same no matter if it’s on a man or a woman. Woman tattoos can be just as offensive as men sometimes even worse. 4. Yes I’ve worked with several people with piercings and body art and they are perceived just like any other person. They just are outwardly expressive and there’s...
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...Company Overview Eikon Device was founded in 1994, by three young and dynamic partners: Dean Byrnes, his wife Monika Stengele and their friend Bill Baker, a tattoo artist. The company entered the market at a time when the industry was just coming out of the shadow. The equipment was rudimentary, tattoo artists were building their own machines from DIY kits, relied on needles designed for other applications and had a hard time trusting any company entering the market. However, Eikon Device managed to gain credibility as co-founder Bill Baker belonged to the community. Entering a market where everything remained to be done, Eikon invested heavily in R&D and published its findings to keep its customers on top of new trends. These early days remain inked in the company’s DNA: Eikon exists to provide the tattoo industry with solutions tailored to its needs and outstanding customer service. In 2012, the company had revenues of CAD10M of which 65% were made online. The company’s international sales are mainly made in the US (27% of 2012 revenues). Medical grade consumables accounted for 70% of sales but generated very low margins, while power supplies and tattoo machines, which accounted for less than 20% of sales, generate margins of c.300%. Current situation Eikon Device has managed to secure a leading position in the tattoo equipment market. For almost two decades, the company has been following the market without defining a clear strategic framework but it is now at a turning...
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...March 21, 2010 Comfort Ugwuh Historical Body of Art "Tattooing" In 1936, Life Magazine provided information from an independent study showing approximately 6% of the nation's population had a tattoo; the Harris Poll conducted in 2003 showed that approximately 15% of the population had acquired tattoos (Swan, 2006). A similar study in 2005 revealed approximately 24% of the population then had at least one tattoo (Ford, 2010). Those two studies revealed statistics that illustrate the number of people in the United States with tattoos increasing astronomically. In 67 years the number of people with tattoos increased 9%, in just two years between 2003 and 2005 the United Stated witnessed the number of individuals with tattoos increase another 9%. Tattoos are still gaining acknowledgment in society today; the number of people with tattoos is increasing exponentially with athletes, musicians, and actors ushering a wave of acceptance. Figure 1 Tattoos have been evident in societies and the human race for thousands of years. Scientists have uncovered Egyptian mummies evidently preserved in the period as early as 2000 BC, analysis revealed evidence of tattooing and other forms of body art on their mummified bodies. The Egyptian tattooing thought to be one of the earliest appearances of tattoos came into question in 1991 with the discovery of Iceman (Lineberry, 2007). A pair of hikers in the Austrian Otztal Alps stumbled across the frozen tattooed corpse. Using modern carbon dating technology...
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...narrative. Through contrasting characters, symbolism, and allusions, O’Connor communicates a deeper message of redemption to her readers as she explores God’s calling of even the most distant and hostile individuals. Straight from the start of the story O’Connor begins to contrast her two main characters. Sarah Ruth is described as “plain, plain,” with skin “drawn as tight as the skin on an onion” and eyes “grey and sharp like the points of two icepicks” (219). This description evidences the lifelessness and harsh unforgiving nature of Sarah Ruth. Parker is less directly characterized but it is revealed that he is an open sinner – admitting to fornication, gambling, and swearing – and was almost entirely covered in extraordinarily colorful tattoos. Sarah Ruth proudly owns up to the Old Testament roots of her name while Parker chooses to go by his last name rather than use his given name, Obadiah Elihue. The reader recognizes that Parker is running from God while Sarah Ruth is living a Pharisaical life of rules and judgments. Sarah is by all indications the best person to lead Parker to God but in the end is unable to recognize Him when Parker finally does. O’Connor’s writing is heavy with Biblical and Christian symbolism. When Parker was a young teenager he saw a man tattooed with “a single intricate design of brilliant color [... forming an] arabesque of men and beasts and flowers” and was captivated by this image of the Garden of Eden, of what mankind could be (O’Connor 223)....
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...The word tattoo is said to has two major derivations- from the polynesian word ‘ta’ which means striking something and the tahitian word ‘tatau’ which means ‘to mark something.Tattoos have been marked onto the bodies of human- beings for thousands of years. They are permanent designs that carry true meaning and have been looked at as status symbols, signs of religion, declaration of love, belief and even forms of punishment. Tattooing has been observed on Egyptian wall painting and also on Mummies themselves. The earliest tattoos found were over 5,000 years old. In 1991, a 5,300- year- old mummy was discovered in The Alps. He had over 50 tattoos on various parts of his body, and he is the oldest human ever found to have tattoos. Tattooing has been practiced in Japan and also other Asian countries for thousands of years. The first written record of tattooing in Japan was found in a history of the Chinese Dynasty from the year 297 A.D. Today in Japan, tattooing is considered taboo because many of the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, wear tattoos. Some people believe that the practice of tattooing may even date as many as 10,000 years into the past! What's This? Have you ever wondered how people tattoo their bodies when they don’t have access to a tattoo gun or a professional tattoo artist? You may be surprised to learn that many people have tattooed their skin using Indian ink, a sewing needle and a few lengths of the thread. India ink (or Indian ink in British English...
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...with the smell of Henna. Every time my mom sees my hair falling out and getting thin she will put some henna on it and it goes back to normal and even better. Henna means to me a lot, it reminds me of my childhood. GTQ#2 The popularity of Henna is changing the formula to a harmful substance. According to the New York Times, "Henna tattoos are widely available and usually harmless" (Bakalar). It is becoming more popular in the US because it is a temporary design and alternative to the real tattoos. As Henna becomes more popular, people are adding chemicals to the original formula. "Henna is a vegetable dye that can be brown, red or green, and it wears off in a matter of days. But to produce a darker color, some tattoo artists added a chemical called Paraphenylenediamine, or PPD”(Bakalar). Henna is a natural plant but adding chemicals to the original formula made it very harmful. Adding chemicals to Henna burned and blistered a”a 19-year-old woman who had a temporary tattoo applied at a wedding”(Bakalar). The Kuwaiti woman was one of the people who got affected by the PPD. Henna changed from a harmless temporary tattoo to a very harmful substance. GTQ#3 Henna matters to the people around the world because it is a cultural tradition in the Muslim religion. Henna is “one of the oldest-known hair dyes, Henna is still used worldwide”(Lerner). Henna is an ancient natural hair dye that has been used by a lot people worldwide. Arabic “women in Muslim...
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...A tattoo is a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding. (wikipedia) The oldest mummy every found - dated back to the Bronze Age of Europe - is also the oldest example of tattooing. The mummy had 59 tattoos, including stripes, lines and cruciform marks on various parts of his body, and thus began the history of tattoos. No one is sure of the meaning of the tattoos. Some may have been marking from his tribe, others may have been from rituals or even from medical procedures. Speculation abounds, but true reasons will be difficult to determine unless new evidence is found. (tattooslovetoknow) Women (and only women) were tattooed in Egypt in 1550 BC. While tattooing seems to have been around in Egypt before this time, this is when the simple dot and dash designs began to morph into recognizable forms, although most were still largely stick figures. In 316 A.D., the first known written ban on tattooing is found. Constantine, recently converted to Christianity, prohibited tattooing on the face as it was disfiguring that "which had been fashioned in the likeness of divine beauty." (tattooslovetoknow) Much of the tattooing done during this time period was often to identify tribes or families, mark criminals and spies, ward off illness or injury...
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