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Victorian Tattooed Women

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Tess Goodwin
Tess Goodwin

Aristocratic Victorian women in Britain collected tattoos in the late 1800s, going against social norms. This trend started when members of the royal family got tattoos after Sir Joseph Banks returned from Polynesia with tattoos. Upper class Victorian women were susceptible to this trend as tattoos set them apart and allowed them to rebel against society through "reclaiming" their bodies. Their tight-lacing corsets and fashions may have contributed to their desire to get tattoos as a form of pleasure and pain.

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AristocrAtic VictoriAn women who collected tAttoos Tess Goodwin
disciplines Psychology Sociology Gender Studies
how did this trend stArt? Sir Joseph Banks returned from a voyage to Polynesia with a tattoo and showed the British court Set a trend of royals getting tattoos Harmsworth magazine said it was not uncommon for members of social elite to gather in drawing rooms after dinner parties to show their tattoos Rumored that Queen Victoria herself had a tattoo
Tattooed Women
why do people get tAttoos? Reclaim body fantasy Perfect body fantasy Often if one is unsatisfied with results of previous modification, might seek out changes that are more extreme or risky S&M
British loVed tAttoos
why were upper clAss VictoriAn women susceptiBle to this trend? classes Set them apart from the other Already used to pleasure/pain dichotomy Used tattooing to rebel against society and reclaim their body (everyday or trauma) Create a sense of community with women who have shared experiences To become even more of a sexual object to be gazed upon (S&M inherent in society)
how did their fAshions effect their desire to Be tAttooed? Tight-Lacing CRINOLINES
why they did it According to reVolting Bodies: the monster BeAuty of tAttooed women Primitive excitement Let them be free like working women Trendy, Colonialist chic Came from Europe so Americans thought it was exotic
sexuAlity & sAdo- mAsochism Pleasure/Pain from Corsets, restrictions and tattoos With Corsets, it is placed upon the women, tattoos, however are by choice Tight Lacing involves their husband, Tattoos involved them and another man
Questions still to Be Answered? How long did the trend last? How were women allowed to show that much of their flesh to a man who was not their husband? Were these women the young mistresses or wives of upper class men or their proper wives? Did they get tattoos to compete with other women or to please men?
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Victorian Tattooed Women

  • 1. AristocrAtic VictoriAn women who collected tAttoos Tess Goodwin
  • 3. how did this trend stArt? Sir Joseph Banks returned from a voyage to Polynesia with a tattoo and showed the British court Set a trend of royals getting tattoos Harmsworth magazine said it was not uncommon for members of social elite to gather in drawing rooms after dinner parties to show their tattoos Rumored that Queen Victoria herself had a tattoo
  • 5. why do people get tAttoos? Reclaim body fantasy Perfect body fantasy Often if one is unsatisfied with results of previous modification, might seek out changes that are more extreme or risky S&M
  • 7. why were upper clAss VictoriAn women susceptiBle to this trend? classes Set them apart from the other Already used to pleasure/pain dichotomy Used tattooing to rebel against society and reclaim their body (everyday or trauma) Create a sense of community with women who have shared experiences To become even more of a sexual object to be gazed upon (S&M inherent in society)
  • 8. how did their fAshions effect their desire to Be tAttooed? Tight-Lacing CRINOLINES
  • 9. why they did it According to reVolting Bodies: the monster BeAuty of tAttooed women Primitive excitement Let them be free like working women Trendy, Colonialist chic Came from Europe so Americans thought it was exotic
  • 10. sexuAlity & sAdo- mAsochism Pleasure/Pain from Corsets, restrictions and tattoos With Corsets, it is placed upon the women, tattoos, however are by choice Tight Lacing involves their husband, Tattoos involved them and another man
  • 11. Questions still to Be Answered? How long did the trend last? How were women allowed to show that much of their flesh to a man who was not their husband? Were these women the young mistresses or wives of upper class men or their proper wives? Did they get tattoos to compete with other women or to please men?