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In the distant past, tattoos had the smallest modicum of acceptance, primarily
based on the people who wore them. When military men came back to the States after serving overseas, it was
difficult to express too much negativity about the names of their sweethearts or "Mom and Dad" emblazoned on their
arms. It's likely that the acceptance was more for the wearer than the tattoo, though, for tattoos had not attained
a degree of respectability with the American public in general. As syphilis became more widespread, and with the
less-than-sanitary tattooing procedures adding to its increase, New York City eventually banned tattooing, and did
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It was not until the early eighties that tattoos began to gain positive exposure. With the Long Island based band "The Stray Cats" appearing on the cover of the music magazine Rolling Stone, not only did this bring the rockabilly music style back into popularity it was also one of the first steps in helping tattoos gain widespread appeal. In stepping away from the coarse music of that particular time-period, the Stray Cats' scope was that of good clean music and good clean fun; and tattoos were a part of that image. Suddenly everybody wanted to be a part of it all, including the tattoos; and although it was often to the chagrin of the older generation, tattoos began to have less negativity attached to them. As tattoos ceased to be solely connected to the counter-culture, they started to appear on everybody. In the following years they started showing up on average Americans all across the United States. Tattoo studios sprung up in cities that had colleges and universities, making tattoos an accepted part of life for students. As the people in that age group became older, their tattoos remained, as well as the interest in tattoos developing amongst the newer younger generation. In most parts of the United States they are now commonplace, and considered to be just a basic form of self-expression. | ||||||||
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