SOCIOLOGY

Sociology

Sociology

Research about the possible motivations body art makes it clear that there are three main perceptions surrounding the practice of tattooing are theories of bodily autonomy, social deviance, and belonging. More and more celebrities may be flashing tattoos in public, but they are given license that perhaps others are not. The celebrity is often seen as a person with more freedom because of his or her wealth. In this way an observer may accept that a celebrity has a tattoo, because they have the money to get away with it. (Favazza, 1996)

Most plausible to me is the third main perception that ...