Tattooed People's Influence On Society
Tattooed people influence the decision of other people in their family, peer group, circle of friends, etc. The influenced person, who is about to have a tattoo, might be affected of their decision themselves – either good or bad (Flaherty, 2005).
A person got his curiosity about tattooing and under the influence of his/her surrounding, society, his personal environment, friends and close relatives (Serup, Kluger, Bäumler, 2015).
In the study Why People Get Tattoos (2015), one of the influences why people are wearing tattoo nowadays is peer pressure. Their desire to be part of the group, to be included and be accepted by one’s friends or peer can bring a great influence to one person.
These studies just showed that the influenced of friends plays …show more content…
This trend seemed to start in the 1960s, this was the time when rock stars emerged and displayed their “large visible” tattoos as part of their “shock the system (Flaherty, 2005).
In the 1990s, tattoo trend started to spike and has grown firmly from that generation. It became trendier especially among young people in this era (Nagle, 2011).
In Trends of our day- Body Piercing and Tattoos (2013), as Christians, people are not meant to be persuaded by the culture and body piercing, but tattooing is certainly a trend of the world. Tattoo is like “a spirit of our age.” It looks like that the next generations are continuing the trend of music, outfits and these, too, includes the trend of body piercing or body painting. The youth obviously accepted the trend of tattooing.
Therefore, it was clearly seen that trend has a big influence to people especially regarding tattoos. The trend easily persuades a person to get a tattoo to be part of “in” or the “hots” Just like what Christopher said, when you follow a trend, “you’re going to be in.” Also, seeing a famous person, who you idolized, wearing a tattoo also influenced his/her fan to have
A person got his curiosity about tattooing and under the influence of his/her surrounding, society, his personal environment, friends and close relatives (Serup, Kluger, Bäumler, 2015).
In the study Why People Get Tattoos (2015), one of the influences why people are wearing tattoo nowadays is peer pressure. Their desire to be part of the group, to be included and be accepted by one’s friends or peer can bring a great influence to one person.
These studies just showed that the influenced of friends plays …show more content…
This trend seemed to start in the 1960s, this was the time when rock stars emerged and displayed their “large visible” tattoos as part of their “shock the system (Flaherty, 2005).
In the 1990s, tattoo trend started to spike and has grown firmly from that generation. It became trendier especially among young people in this era (Nagle, 2011).
In Trends of our day- Body Piercing and Tattoos (2013), as Christians, people are not meant to be persuaded by the culture and body piercing, but tattooing is certainly a trend of the world. Tattoo is like “a spirit of our age.” It looks like that the next generations are continuing the trend of music, outfits and these, too, includes the trend of body piercing or body painting. The youth obviously accepted the trend of tattooing.
Therefore, it was clearly seen that trend has a big influence to people especially regarding tattoos. The trend easily persuades a person to get a tattoo to be part of “in” or the “hots” Just like what Christopher said, when you follow a trend, “you’re going to be in.” Also, seeing a famous person, who you idolized, wearing a tattoo also influenced his/her fan to have