In chapter 10 (pg 158)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe aim of the research was to contribute to the debate about the pathology of the criminal; but the data itself more often bore witness to fact that tattooing was also a popular habit among the male working class and could not be readily identified with either \u2018atavism\u2019 or \u2018degeneracy\u2019\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This quote stuck out to me because it underscores the negative narrative tied to tattoos and the confirmation bias \u2013 the research was aimed to examine the pathology of a criminal. Chapter 10 later suggests \u201ctattoo can be considered, to use the medico-legal term, as a professional characteristic\u201d. This made me think about how in a way, (visible) tattoos are another piece of data another individual takes into account when they make their first impression of you (consciously or subconsciously). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s interesting to think about how tattoos have been linked to showing agency (having control over your life and body) yet its also established that the stigmatized nature of tattoos make people with face tattoos less likely to be hired (limiting their potential possibilities). In chapter 13, the author cites the US Navy\u2019s statement stating that \u201cindecent or obscene tattooing is cause for rejection, but the applicant should be given an opportunity to alter the design, in which event he may, if otherwise qualified, be accepted\u201d. This is so peculiar to me because I truly don\u2019t understand this ubiquitous distaste for tattoos all around the world \u2013 I\u2019m interested in learning more about the psychological underpinnings of this disapproval of tattoos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More specifically, chapter 13 also emphasizes society\u2019s overall disapproval of underage tattoos, mentioning a law passed in 1933 that makes it a misdemeanor to tattoo a child under the age of 16. Obviously, I\u2019m not encouraging underage tattoos. I\u2019m wondering, what about tattoos makes them so repulsive? From a psychological standpoint, why do humans (from all over) dislike tattoos? It\u2019s just so interesting to me because I frankly don\u2019t understand the controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In chapter 10 (pg 158) \u201cThe aim of the research was to contribute to the debate about the pathology of the criminal; but the data itself more often bore witness to fact that tattooing was also a popular habit among the male working class and could not be readily identified with either \u2018atavism\u2019 or \u2018degeneracy\u2019\u201d. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11050,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11050"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":584,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar473-fall2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}