Persuasive Essay On Tattoos

The quiet hum of needles is a comforting sound to some people. They see it as a way to finally be able to show people who they are, and what they have been to, without having to tell them. The feeling of needles being stabbed into skin over and over and over again may hurt, but they see it as a small price to pay for a few hours or days in exchange for a beautiful piece of artwork that they can carry around with them for a lifetime. The view people have on tattoos today is divided, with some people who think they are pieces of art and forms of self expression that take a lot of time and money, or as markings that only criminals and ‘lower class citizens’ would get, something that lowers your self worth. Tattoos shouldn’t be seen as bad or gross,
That tattoos started to disappear because they were considered to be representative of the pagan culture and the devil. Tattooing then started to rise in popularity among the british colonies in the mid 19th century. It started off being practiced by school kids who would rub soot into their cuts, but became popular among the upper class by the 1870’s and cost a small fortune. Kings across Europe were even sporting tattoos, usually of their family coat of arms. So if the Kings of Europe had tattoos, why are they now considered to be marks of criminals and people who aren’t as well of as others. Today, traditional tattoos are still being practiced, tribes in Africa and Polynesia still carry on the tradition of getting these intricate hand poked tattoos, because they mean something to them, and are representative of what they are, new tattooing traditions are starting to emerge as well, with couples and families getting matching tattoos in order to show that they are part of the same group, and to represent themselves, to show that they are proud of who they are. The view on tattoos is changing slowly, which is a good thing, people should not have to be afraid to express themselves