Tattoo popularity booming since the 1970s
Getting inked is not longer limited to 'felons, bikers and gangstas'
Lisa Marie Basile
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Features
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So popular in fact, prospective employers aren't thinking twice about the obnoxiously overdone little butterfly on your upper arm. According to U.S. News & World Report, companies like Yahoo, Google and Ford are accepting of what's under your suit or what's not hidden by it. Still, companies like Starbucks and McDonald's are not.
A 2003 poll conducted by PRNewswire showed gay, lesbian, bisexual and democratic communities had more tattoos than the straight or Republican.
Tattoos have joined the rank of other one-time oddities - like piercings - on the social norm spectrum. Maybe it's the slew of tattoo TV Shows out there: TLC's Miami and Los Angeles Ink, A&E's Inked and Fuses's Tattoo Stories.
According to Harris Interactive, a worldwide market research firm that conducts the Harris Poll, the top five reasons people sit through the needle is because it makes them feel sexy, rebellious, attractive, spiritual and strong.
Tattoos, though capable of making people feel unique, are not all so unique themselves. According to ezinearticles.com, the most common tattoos are tribal images, lower back designs, dragons, Celtic motifs and olden-day images, like anchors and swallow birds.
So while some people believe that those who relieve tattoos do so in order to revamp their identity, you may just want to mark your body with something of special significance - like your mother's birthday, your favorite 1950s pinup girl or a symbol you've created yourself. But the most important aspect of being inked is that it is personal and special. Don't get just anything. Get something that stands out and will mean something forever - not just in your college years. "Beer Pong" tattooed on your wrist may not be so funny in 20 years.
A 2003 poll conducted by PRNewswire showed gay, lesbian, bisexual and democratic communities had more tattoos than the straight or Republican.
Tattoos have joined the rank of other one-time oddities - like piercings - on the social norm spectrum. Maybe it's the slew of tattoo TV Shows out there: TLC's Miami and Los Angeles Ink, A&E's Inked and Fuses's Tattoo Stories.
According to Harris Interactive, a worldwide market research firm that conducts the Harris Poll, the top five reasons people sit through the needle is because it makes them feel sexy, rebellious, attractive, spiritual and strong.
Tattoos, though capable of making people feel unique, are not all so unique themselves. According to ezinearticles.com, the most common tattoos are tribal images, lower back designs, dragons, Celtic motifs and olden-day images, like anchors and swallow birds.
So while some people believe that those who relieve tattoos do so in order to revamp their identity, you may just want to mark your body with something of special significance - like your mother's birthday, your favorite 1950s pinup girl or a symbol you've created yourself. But the most important aspect of being inked is that it is personal and special. Don't get just anything. Get something that stands out and will mean something forever - not just in your college years. "Beer Pong" tattooed on your wrist may not be so funny in 20 years.
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