Andres Martin talks about the growing trend of tattoos among the urban youth today. In recent years, the acceptance of tattoos has increased significantly. Tattoos have come to represent a varietey of things, including fashion statements, group affiliation symbols, as well as identity definition.
There is almost always conflicting views between adolescents and their parents when it comes to the aquisition of a tattoo. Teenagers view the process of getting a tattoo as body adornment and self beautification while Parents view it as self mutilation and defiance to authority. Issues regarding the importance of tattoos has been researched and explored in recent years.
My personal belief is that the importance of tattoos is really relavent to the culture you are brought up in. For example, within the indian culture it is customary for a bride to be adorned with henna tattoos as a means of beautification.
However, with the growing popularity of tattoos in american culture, the reasoning for getting tattoos are more questionable. These types of tattoos are usually done to make a statement and is usually performed in a hasty manner.
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