TATTOOING
'Tattooing has been practiced across the globe since at least Neolithic times, as evidenced by mummified preserved skin and ancient art and the archeological record."
Tattooing has traditional practices according to the country. In North America "tattooing wasn't a simple marking on the skin: it was a process that highlighted cultural connections to Indigenous ways of knowing and viewing the world, as well as connections to family, society and place."
The Electric Tattoo Machine was invented by a man named Samuel O'Reilly in 1891 but it wasn't until the 1950s did a Tattoo Renaissance occur. Today "tattoos are part of global and Western fashion." No matter where you look many Millennials and older folks are making statements with their expansive tattoos.
It seems more and more Major League baseball players have tattoos on an arm. It was in the 1940s Uncle Albert came home from the U.S. Army with two birds emblazoned on his upper chest. Uncle Fred had the image of a nurse on his right forearm! "The counterculture of the 1960s began to display their body as signs of resistance...Today the clientele has changed from sailors, bikers, and gang members to the middle and upper class!"
'In 2012, tattooed women outnumbered men for the first time in history.. according to a Harris poll tattooed women outnumbered men for the first time in history 23% compared to 19% of men!"
US military has regulations regarding tattoos. "Soldiers are permitted to have tattoos as long as they are not on the neck, hands or face."
Face it, tattoos are personal. I admit of having an attitude but now, understanding the heritage and evolving of this art form on human skin makes me think twice!
Info from Wikipedia
ROBERT LOUIS POTVIN
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