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A generation or two ago, tattoos were widely culturally taboo in the U.S. Now, it seems like most or at least a large minority of adults in the U.S. have at least one tattoo. Why was it so demonized, and what drove the cultural change?

by /u/scarcelyberries in /r/AskHistorians

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