Tattooing‚ Piercing‚ and Body Art What Does Your Body Art Reveal? Getting a tattoo or piercing can also have an effect on your relationships with family‚ friends‚ and everyone you meet for the rest of your life. You’ve likely heard people say‚ “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” There’s wisdom in that statement. People consider our appearances when they first meet us and use the information they gather to help them form an opinion. As people get to know us‚ they form more
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Michelle Strachan September 14‚ 2012 Symbolic Interactionism Piercings and Tattoos Symbolic interactionism occurs in society on a daily basis. It covers everything from a sour look on your face or a slouched body and crossed arms to the way you dress or the color of your skin. The symbolic interactionism I will cover in particular is body piercings and tattoos. What used to be a large taboo is becoming seemingly acceptable. If you were shown a white male in a business suit and a black
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deliberately altering the body for nonmedical reasons. The most common forms of body modification are tattooing‚ piercing and cosmetic surgery. Shelia Jeffreys‚ an associate professor of political science at the University of Melbourne‚ gives her perspective on piercing‚ tattoos and cosmetics surgery in her article " Body Modification Is a Form of Self-Mutilation ". Jeffreys examines piercing‚ tattooing and cosmetic surgery as all harmful forms of self-mutilation. Jeffreys believes that self- mutilation
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Art in the Workplace You walk into an interview‚ as you sit down‚ cross your legs and start to admire the new pair of heels you bought specifically for the interview‚ you notice you forgot to put a Band-Aid aid over the rather large but feminine tattoo that you have on the top of your foot. You uncross your legs and nonchalantly slide your feet under the table‚ but it is too late! The woman who is sitting across from you interviewing you‚ who decides the fate of your professional career‚ has already
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example of a religious group that practices ancient and modern body modification arts. They believe that tattoos and piercings are essential to their spirituality and strengthens the bond between mind‚ body and soul. They believe that body modification ensures that they are spiritually complete and healthy individuals (United States Church of Body Modification). Therefore‚ tattoos or piercings can raise both discrimination and constitutional issues. Religious discrimination can be brought against
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rings in a person’s head when they see someone that looks strange‚ or just different‚ from them. In those cases‚ society is quick to "judge a book by its cover". We see tattoos and piercings on people and automatically assume they are somehow a bad influence or just an evil person. We perceive people with tattoos and piercings negatively because we have been conditioned by society to accept this stereotype‚ which I feel is incorrect and extremely unfair to the individual who choose this lifestyle
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individuals to express themselves in radical ways such as tattooing‚ piercing‚ etc. What do these new-age ideas reveal about society as it exists today? With the stereotypes that exist‚ each and every person is looking for some sort of individuality that sets them apart from everyone else. Besides tattooing and piercing‚ another way to do this is through social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. How do social-networking sites and tattoos reveal the personality of our culture? These new ideas set
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identity‚ family identity‚ and personal identity. The ancient Aztecs used piercings as a way to communicate with their gods or as a symbol of class. In their societies‚ lip piercings were reserved for males in the higher class. Ear piercings‚ used by primitive tribes‚ were designed to protect people from possession. They believed demons and evil spirits entered the body through the ear‚ and metal repelled the evils. Tattoos in ancient times were often used as declarations of love and also as protection
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Body modification in American Culture In recent years tattooing and body piercing have become increasingly prevalent in popular culture. These forms of body modification are no longer tools used by criminals and gang member‚ showing their role in society. These practices are used by many of teenagers and young adults in our society today. In fact many of these practices have been a positive trend in American culture‚ giving adolescents a way of expressing themselves Studies have revealed a positive
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to the rest of society. Body modification lets a person stand out or blend in; it allows people to describe who they are and where they come from without saying a word. There are many forms of body modification such as Tattooing‚ Scarification‚ Piercings‚ Stretching‚ Plastic Surgery‚ and Corseting. Each form holds a story‚ a reason why it is done. “ In the past three decades‚ Western body art has not only become a practice‚ and in some quarters a fashion‚ that has crossed social boundaries of class
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