Tattoos have been around for over 5000 years, but they are only popular in certain parts of today’s society. Many people have tattoos that represent their life, their memories, their history or their interests. Tattoos are popular because, sometimes, being rebellious, a non-conformist or an adventurous soul has always been the reason. Tattoos are a type of ‘public’ announcement that the individual is different, maybe even a risk taker. This has been the theme throughout history.
With the advent of the 1960′s, it was long hair, but now, in the new millennium it’s the tattoo. A review of history shows just how much these trends, fads or fashions come and go, but sometimes these trends create permanent changes and may cause problems for the individual as the times change, like people who wear stylize close to look like Elvis Presley look silly in today’s world, but not if they are in Las Vegas! Tattoos made cause issues with getting a job, many employers are restricting the visibility and the amount of tattoos that are acceptable.
Tribal tattoos have been on the rise as people try to make a connection with a disconnected society. More women are now getting tattoos because they now are there own income source, which has given them new freedoms encompassing the right to do want they want and not be told by men that it’s wrong. Many parents are allowing their under age children to get a tattoo, because the old taboo about tattoos, such as not being able to get a good job, men thinking less of women, or that having a tattoo will ruin ones life forever, are fading away, and the reason for that is because many people with tattoos are now their own bosses, are now entrepreneurs, are creative artists making a good living, or working at a company that tattoos mean nothing because they don’t interfere with the work habits of the employee.
So, with taboos being thrown to the wind, more and more people have tattoos, ones you see and ones you do not see.
