Rayanna+Reffitt+Deviance+Page+(Tattoos+and+Piercings)

=﻿ __Tattoos **and Peircings**__= > One of the earliest tattoos were tribal tattoos. This means there were tattoos that different cultural tribes would have for certain meanings and expression. Polynesian tattooing was one of the most original and artistic tattooing of ancient times. It consisted of very sophisticated, detailed geometrical designs. The Polynesian people would add more and more tattoos to themselves until their body was completely covered. They believed it was a sign of beauty and strength to be tattooed. Mexicans tattooed their idols and gods on their skin. The Spaniards who discovered the designs on the Mexicans, were shocked as they had never seen this work before and called it Ôthe work of Satan.Õ Warriors in these South American tribes were tattooed to remind them and others of their success and bravery in battle. In Japan, tattooing was mainly punishment. If you were a convicted criminal, you would get a mark on your forehead, convicted twice yet another, and if you were convicted a third time, you would receive a third and final mark making the Japanese symbol for ÔdogÕ. Royalty in England received tattoos from Japanese artists symbolizing wealth and authority.
 * **History-** The process of early age tattooing was long and painful. Some of the first tools used in tattooing were made of bone, stone, or wood. There were mainly two types of tools used in the process of making most tribal tattoos: a small rake-like shaped tool, and another plain rod with a flat surface. The rake-shaped tool was used to make the design of the tattoo. It would first be dipped into its ink or dye, and then punctured into the skin by being tapped by the flat tool. Other processes consisted of scratching the skin and then rubbing in the ink.

Body piercings have been around since the 16th century. Starting with the Moghul emperors and nose peircings. Tounge peircings orginated with the ancietn Aztecs during rituals. Lip piercings started with tribes. Lip piercings were tribal practices. Ear peircing is by far the oldest of all peircings. The oldest mummifed body was found with ear piercings.




 * **Present Day-** In today's society, many people see tattoos as a deviant act. They see it as being out of the norm. Some stereotypes of people who have tattoos are "bikers", "punk-rockers", or "troublemakers." In reality though, many sucessful businessmen, doctors, lawyers, dentists have tattoos. There's just might not be visible. Many people get tattoos for meaning. They want to remember a loved one who passed away, or maybe people want to get tattoos together so it represents a special moment. There are many reasons for people to get tattoos. There aren't many decendents from tribes that get tattoos because that is what they did back then.



Today people get mostly for looks and personal prefrence. Many girls or women get their nose and navals (belly buttons) peirced. It's "cute" and "fashionable" Ear piercings are now common for both men and women. It used to be seen as a deviant act for men to have ear piercings, but today it is common. It's common to see people with lip, eyebrow, tounge piercings. Now gauging, microdermals are becoming popular. **Gauging or** Stretching is a form of body modification in which a healed piercing is slowly expanded to accommodate larger jewelry. **Microdermals** are semi permanent body piercings. This basically involves a single piercing on the body where only the one part of the jewelry is visible on the skin’s surface. The other part is just under the skin, held in place by a titanium plate, which has many holes in it so that the tissue may grow through it, nicely anchoring your jewelry. To avoid any risks of rejection steel is usually not used.




 * My Oppinion:** I think that getting tattoos and piercings is ok. It isn't necessarily a deviant act. What i believe is deviant are the people who go all out and get tattoos and piercings that are disturbing and just plain dumb... Here are some examples!!




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