Hey people, I need your help on tattoo!

• Jasmine Wee

  20 Mar 08, 22:55

  Hi,

  I am currently doing a survey for a deviance assignment on the attitudes of Singaporeans with regards to their opinions on tattoo/ tattooing. Please feel free to contribute to any of the questions listed below!

  1. Do you think tattoos are losing its deviant label (is increasingly accepted in Singapore)?

  2. What do you think is the limit to getting a tattoo?

   

  3. What do you ( or what do people) consider when getting a tattoo?

  4. What is the purpose of a (or your) tattoo?

  5. When faced with difficulties in getting one (e.g.: fear of rejection), how do you overcome these difficulties?

  6. Why do some people get a tattoo but choose to cover them up?

   

  Tattoos or not, everyone is welcome to comment!

  You may contribute your personal account about your tattoo as well!

  Please kindly state your age (if you are not comfortable to reveal, an age range wll do) and gender.

  Your feedback is warmly appreciated!

  THANKS!

   

   

   

   

• QX179R

  20 Mar 08, 22:57

  why so many surveys keep popping up here in chit chat

• Jasmine Wee

  20 Mar 08, 23:02

  sorry but I feel people are more open to discuss online than face to face

  Besides forums provides alot of diversity!

  Your comment is appreciated!

   

• Lorry`

  20 Mar 08, 23:03

  which sch are you from?

• Jasmine Wee

  20 Mar 08, 23:09

  NUS currently doing a module in Sociology of Deviance but we're not biased towards tattoos.

  We are just here to find out if Singaporeans are accepting to tattoos these days *refers to questions above*

• sEphIrOth

  21 Mar 08, 03:58

  1. no

   

  2.dont understand

   

  3.people around us, design

   

  4.signify someone special, someting special, identiy

   

  5.hide it

   

  6.for rememberance, not for showing off

• ChingAlvin

  21 Mar 08, 04:24

  Originally posted by Jasmine Wee:

  Hi,

  I am currently doing a survey for a deviance assignment on the attitudes of Singaporeans with regards to their opinions on tattoo/ tattooing. Please feel free to contribute to any of the questions listed below!

  1. Do you think tattoos are losing its deviant label (is increasingly accepted in Singapore)?

  I seriously dont know

  2. What do you think is the limit to getting a tattoo?

   The limit is the meaning of your tattoo. No limit to significance but big nono to "for the sake of it"

  3. What do you ( or what do people) consider when getting a tattoo?

  The design and significance. i would only put what i created, or came up with the artists.

  4. What is the purpose of a (or your) tattoo?

  The first was definitely an act of defiance, those after were pretty much influenced by the design course i am attending.

  5. When faced with difficulties in getting one (e.g.: fear of rejection), how do you overcome these difficulties?

  You would go ahead if u like it?

  6. Why do some people get a tattoo but choose to cover them up?

   I guess the older generations are still pretty conservative, at least. It still gives a pretty bad impression on first look, thats what my mum said.

  Tattoos or not, everyone is welcome to comment!

  You may contribute your personal account about your tattoo as well!

  Please kindly state your age (if you are not comfortable to reveal, an age range wll do) and gender.

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  Your feedback is warmly appreciated!

  THANKS!

   

   

   

   

   

• Ed11790

  21 Mar 08, 07:10

  my uncle has a lot of tattoos.....i remmber since i was really small
• Jasmine Wee

  21 Mar 08, 15:20

  hey pple! thanks for the comments so far!

  I guess i was extremely formal in my way of asking those qns -_-'''

  actually i'll just like people to share with me their personal opinions/ accounts on tattoo (negative or positive is fine)

  see, pple in sg are either not getting idea why shld pple get a tattoo/ thinks it's not a big deal since it's personal perference.

  i'll just like to share my opinions with u all first.

  basically i think having a tattoo is fine so long as it's not explicit (RA) or racist.

  i do get that pple have reasons for getting tattoos becos it's of special significance or it represents their personality.

  However, i won't get one lar becos that not how i want to represent myself. i'm for blemish free but i do see pple with really elegant tattoos & that can b a form of art too.

  like i do see this girl in my class with a rose tattoo (with thorns, stems & everything). the first time she came in, pple do stare at her but none of us see her as 'oh becos she has a tattoo, she's different'

  but she is different. different in the sense that she speaks her mind and is very frank in front of the teacher.

  some pple can see it as this girl is 'different, rebellious' but others can say she's open minded & willing to stick by her principles (which is not what most singaporeans are capable of..guess tt's why when pple do not conform, some of us judge them).

  =)