Body Art :: Social Issues, Tattooing

The number of people getting stains seems to be on the rise. According to the most recent Harris Poll, conducted in the summer of 2007, approximately 40% of Americans ages 25-40 have at least one and only(a) tattoo, as comp ared to 3% 20 years ago (Hawkes, Senn, & Thorn, 2004). The increased popularity of the tattoo is apparent if you compare those findings to the 1936 Life magazine estimate that 10 cardinal Americans, or approximately 6% of the population, had a tattoo (Swan, 2011). According to Kang and Jones (2007), tattooing is specially popular among teenagers and college students. At a stage when young people are seeking to assert their independence, tattoos may provide a way to build a sense of self in a seemingly ever-changing and insecure world. Tattooing has a long history it was thought that tattooing was primary an superannuated Egyptian practice dating from circa 2000 B.C. (Nadler, 1983). It was brought to the New World in 1769 by sailors returning from voyagers to the South Pacific (Post, 1968 Sanders, 1991). The practice of tattooing became to a greater extent widespread and socially acceptable in the Western world after that time (Sanders, 1991). In ancient times tattooing was a projection of Jungian psychological elements, which was utilize be projected onto holy symbols, onto the self as a manifestations of self-expression coinciding with a decline in traditional religious adherence (Mercury, 2000). piercing has almost as long of a history as tattooing. It was in force(p) by Egyptian pharaohs, Mayans, and Romans (Armstrong, 1996). Body piercing is sometimes studied on with tattooing, partly beca physical exertion people with tattoos often have piercings (Buhrich, 1983 Frederick & Bradley, 2000). For women, ear piercing has ascend to be viewed as a mainstream practice but piercing eyebrows, nose, cheeks, or other areas appears to symbolize ones disaffection from society, much want tattooing (Sanders, 1988). Regarding piercings, 69 .7% of women compared to 28.2% of men reported having piercings (Huxley & Grogan, 2005). The gender difference was significant. A way of universe mischievous for a woman or going over the knock against or developing a sexual identity is to have a piercing navel, nipple, and nose (Saunders & Armstrong, 2005). The piercing can also draw caution to areas that the woman wants attention drawn to. Risqu-piercing may enhance the desire to use piercing for sexual attention. It may be that women may become perforated more for reasons of rebellion and men may become pierced more for reasons of self-identity (Caliendo, Armstrong, & Roberts, 2005).