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Nikki Clark from Neodesha has this butterfly with tribal designs tattoo on her lower back
Expression of Art A secret cry of rebellion or the “in thing?” Over the past decade tattoos have become a more popular thing for people of all ages. While tattoos used to be seen only on sailors, outlaws, bikers, and gangs it seems like everyone has a tattoo these days. Although tattooing is becoming more socially excepted in society it has been around for many, many years. Throughout history tattoos were worn as a cultural aspect and were generally just worn as a type of body decoration. Tattooing dates as far back as 3300 B.C. and have even been found on mummified bodies. As the number of people with tattoos changes over the years, so do the tattoo designs. Instead of anchors, skulls and battleships back in the bad boy era, people now choose from a plethora of ideas and designs to express themselves with their tattoos. Even some who would never think of pulling up their sleeve to slap a big permanent design on their bicep, would and often times do consider the permanent make-up for another part of their body. This is a type of tattooing that has evolved to emphasize lips and eyes. In 1936, Life magazine estimated that 10 million Americans, or approximately six percent of the population had at least one tattoo. Since 2003, a Harris Poll nearly triples those numbers and estimates that sixteen percent of Americans now have one or more tattoos. Although back in the conservative day when tattooing was considered taboo and it meant you were crying out in rebellion if you got inked, today it is just another way to express yourself. While looking at a person’s tattoo can tell a lot about that person, it also says a lot about how society has changed over the past few decades and how it has grown to be more socially accepting of new things. Have you been inked?
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