Workplace Tattoos
Tattoos in the Work Place
Tattoos are very popular. They are the style now days. There are a lot of people who have them. There are also many people who want them. Tattoo can mean different things. It’s can be some type of way someone can expressed them self. Tattoo is an art that many people enjoy. Tattoos have been in the news a lot over the last few years mostly in an ongoing debate about being acceptable in the workplace. Tattoos have not always enjoyed widespread acceptance but today’s tattoo enthusiasts come from every walk of life. It was once thought that the earliest known tattoos dated back to ancient Egypt and there is a rich history of the tattoo and its place in ancient Polynesian …show more content…
Some believe they may have served as some sort of amulet, protecting woman during childbirth or perhaps, in the Iceman’s case, since some of the patterns mimic modern-day acupuncture patterns, they made have had a medicinal purpose. It is also believed in these cultures that the designs may have been a way to indicate status or power. In America, a man by the name of Martin Hildebrandt began tattooing sailors in 1846 New York. In Europe, King Edward VII started something when he got a tattoo before taking the throne. Then as now, there may have been multiple reasons for getting inked. Tattoos were considered a sign of loyalty or of belonging to a certain group. For some they served as a way to honor or commemorate certain people or events.
At that point in American history, tattoos were probably not intended to beautify the body or as a means of self-expression. In fact, in early 1940s America when tattooing became more prevalent, those with tattoos were often frowned upon as being a bit unsavory in character. Tattoos were often thought of in association with prisoners, loose women or, as in the case of the famous tattooed lady, in the context of circus or carnival freaks. Not so much in present day
Tattoos are very popular. They are the style now days. There are a lot of people who have them. There are also many people who want them. Tattoo can mean different things. It’s can be some type of way someone can expressed them self. Tattoo is an art that many people enjoy. Tattoos have been in the news a lot over the last few years mostly in an ongoing debate about being acceptable in the workplace. Tattoos have not always enjoyed widespread acceptance but today’s tattoo enthusiasts come from every walk of life. It was once thought that the earliest known tattoos dated back to ancient Egypt and there is a rich history of the tattoo and its place in ancient Polynesian …show more content…
Some believe they may have served as some sort of amulet, protecting woman during childbirth or perhaps, in the Iceman’s case, since some of the patterns mimic modern-day acupuncture patterns, they made have had a medicinal purpose. It is also believed in these cultures that the designs may have been a way to indicate status or power. In America, a man by the name of Martin Hildebrandt began tattooing sailors in 1846 New York. In Europe, King Edward VII started something when he got a tattoo before taking the throne. Then as now, there may have been multiple reasons for getting inked. Tattoos were considered a sign of loyalty or of belonging to a certain group. For some they served as a way to honor or commemorate certain people or events.
At that point in American history, tattoos were probably not intended to beautify the body or as a means of self-expression. In fact, in early 1940s America when tattooing became more prevalent, those with tattoos were often frowned upon as being a bit unsavory in character. Tattoos were often thought of in association with prisoners, loose women or, as in the case of the famous tattooed lady, in the context of circus or carnival freaks. Not so much in present day