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What’s the stigma associated with tattoos? For centuries, perhaps for longer than we know, tattoos have belonged to those on the fringes of society. They adorned pirates who sail the mysterious waters of the uncharted seas, gypsies who forsook the normalcy of steady work and calling the same spot home every night, people who did not conform to the way everyone else lived.
The 1960s brought about a series of social revolutions. The civil rights movement was coming to a boil, and women were carving out their place in the world. People not only became more aware of the flaws in their government and social structure, but were moved in mass numbers to do something to make them better. Tattooing became a little more mainstream because it moved people away from the norm in a time when the social structure was increasingly unpopular.
Tattoos are often associated with bikers, gang members, carnival freaks, prisoners and rock stars. Individuals perceived to fall into categories for which there is no place in the status quo. Are they the ones being rejected, or are they rejecting the restrictive, binding mold that many think everyone should fit in?
In recent year, people are getting tattoos to fit in rather than to opt out, but some of the stigma remains. Information is the key to abolishing prejudices of all kinds.
I have tattoos, which I had put on when I was quite young. I had always loved images and art and I also thought at the time that a ‘bad boy’ image would do wonders for my love life…not! For a lot of my professional adult life, I tried to get rid of them via various approaches – acid/laser – the laser had the best result by the way. I was afraid for many years of being judged for not ‘looking’ like an appropriate role model for children.
These days, tattoos among ‘professional’ staff are common practice…as long as they’re not ‘overdone’ and tasteful – yes I know that’s highly subjective. I have no problem with the current school I teach at. In fact, kids asks me all the time about them. I use it as an opportunity to talk about the permanency of them, the changes we go through which may alter our taste and what to do if we change our minds and/or girl/boy friends. Having said that, I still had to take the risk and wear short sleeve shirts first, rather than have people find out about them gradually…but I’m glad I finally did.
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All the best
Alan
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