HW 32

Tattooing alone means sometimes a lot depending on the person who got the tattoo in first place. Like for instance people who get like they’re whole body tattoo like the Lizard Man for example got his whole body tattooed of course for attention and maybe also for attraction. Most importantly though some people get tattoos for meanings like a person could get a tattoo of their mothers name which would probably signify that the person loves their mother, or somebody may get their child’s name and date of birth on their body signifying that they care/love their child a lot. Like Mr. Fanning for example stated that some of the tattoos he got had certain meanings throughout his life and some of them were there for attention. Overall though it depends on the person to depict on what a certain tattoo signifies.

The gendering of tattooing is weird in a sense like getting a tattoo on your arm if you’re a man proves you’re macho; while a girl can get a tattoo near hear bikini line, on her ankle and on her lower back. Now if a guy got any of those tattoos where the girl got her tattoos people who see the guy as less of a man or think he’s gay. And the same goes for a girl in a sense if a girl gets a tattoo where I guy would normally get one it would look manly on a girl and way less attractive, but it also depends on what the certain tattoo is that either person gets. Depending on the tattoo you get shows who you are as a person sometimes.

The reasons why people make up so many stories about why they got their tattoo is because most likely they really don’t have one main reason for getting it or to cover up their face, so they wont look like an fool about stating the real reason of getting it in the first place. Like if you ask many people now and days why they got their tattoo some people may say I don’t know it just looks cool, or they may rarely say I’m trying to conform to my friends I don’t want to be an outcast. But if you really think about it 10 to 1 you would never hear somebody say I got this tattoo to fit in they will always be incognito about it and come up with a billion other reasons why they got the tattoo, in order to cover up their face.