Tattoo Culture

These jobs include healthcare, administrative, teachers, government, law enforcement and management. These jobs are professionals and are trying to set a good example for the upcoming generations. These jobs you may have tattoos or piercings but they must be hidden. Being in the healthcare industry, if you were to get a new tattoo you could push getting an infection or giving an infection in your place of work such as in a hospital or nursing home. Being in law enforcement having piercings can be dangerous because suspects can pull them out and can cause them harm. Teachers with tattoos can be “distracting for students” or parents think that they will set a bad example for their children

A footballer, sweat on his forehead as he sprints thirty yards to the end zone. Two students, legs long and lunging forward as they both gallop for the finish line. A woman gliding on thin air as she slams the ball into the swaying white net. A swimmer, stretching out his arms and legs as he slices through water with the efficiency and speed of a dolphin.

Similar to that idea, not all Polynesian tattoos have the same flow and shape as others. Along with that, there are also different meanings for different designs. In the Maori culture, tattoos are not always based on the life a person is living but also on milestones that they’ve reached. “For the Maori these tattoos symbolize spiritual rituals related to specific events in a person's life. The Maori men were only allowed to receive their first tattoo upon reaching adolescence.” (Laura du Toit). There was also a process that went along with receiving a Maori tattoo that one would have to partake in order to receive a tribal tattoo. “Before receiving a Maori tattoo the person would have to fast. The entire lwi would be present at the ceremony itself and this would be celebrated with music and dancing.” (Laura du Toit). In Samoan cultures, tattoos were also very sacred due to the meaning it held. “It means that a soga’imiti (traditional Samoan male tattoo) has a higher social status in his community than others, and is given more opportunities to learn correct protocol, history, oratory skills and other intricacies of the Fa’asamoa.”

Twenty-three percent said it would depend on the number and location of the tattoos and/or the role being fulfilled" (Workopolis, 2014, para. 4). Workopolis asked people “Would a candidate having tattoos affect your decision to hire that person?” and the data added up to seventy-seven percent of employers will not hire an employee with tattoos (Workopolis, 2014, para 4). This is just wrong. Whether a future employee has tattoos or not does not mean they are not an expert in their field or highly qualified for a position. As long as the tattoos are not on the head, face or throat and they are not inappropriate, having tattoos should not deter anyone from getting hired for a job.

Tattooing was a way of life to the Polynesians, they were tattooing even before the Europeans came to the South Pacific. The Polynesians and Samoans had some of the most skillful and intricate tattoos in the entire world. The tattoos typically stood for their religious beliefs and for warfare. Most of their tattoos were geometric shapes. They were tattooed in a way so they could

My creative project uses three intelligences--linguistic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal--to exemplify my thesis statement above. I wrote a poem, specifically a memoir, of Meursault’s story throughout the novel and pairing it with an open discussion analysis with the class. The poem reflects Meursault’s experiences throughout the book, starting with his mom’s funeral, to the courtroom scene, to his interaction with the Chaplain, showing his character development. The poem is attached in the back for reference, but it starts off with the scene from his mother’s funeral, with the lines “Maman died today.” It starts off with this key point because his actions of not crying at his mom’s funeral and him being okay with it later is used against

Since tattoos are sometimes treated as signs of rebellion, non-conformity, immaturity and unprofessionalism, people with a tattoo might be treated differently, especially by potential employers. (This stereotype is however changing in the

Jump to 2012 and those numbers changed a little, four percent of people without tattoos said people with are rebellious and thirty-nine said tattoos are sexy. (Braverman) Despite the growing acceptance of tattoos having one could still impact your career negatively “thirty-one percent of human resource managers said visible tattoos could have a negative impact on their decision whether to hire someone.” While having a tattoo doesn’t mean you’re not going to get the job, although you are looked on with less favor.

When studying the history of tattoos, pinpointing the first time a tattoo was seen was almost impossible to do until 1991. An Iceman, named Otzi, was found by German hikers in 1991. Otzi was found covered with at least 57 tattoos (Huffington Post). This is to show that tattoos have been around for more than fifty-three hundred years. Otzi’s tattoos were discovered to be therapeutic and they consisted of lines and crosses all over the body. The next oldest tattoos were found on the Chinchorro mummy. Chinchorro’s tattoos consisted of symbols and drawings, and were found to be decorative only. It is more than remarkable that even after 53 hundred years, similar designs, symbols, and drawings are still used to mark our skin. These findings

Businesses today majorly frown upon visible tattoos on their coworkers and actually do not hire people if they have visible tattoos that they are not able to cover up. Not hiring someone because of a few tattoos is like not hiring someone because they are of different skin or because of their gender. When someone is not hired because of their race, religion, or gender it is called discrimination but when someone isn’t hired because of how they chose to express themselves is totally acceptable in our society. What many employers do not realize is tattooed individuals could actually increase the sales a business does. It has actually been discovered that tattooed sales representatives are more trusted by tattooed customers (Foltz).

Have you ever been turned down for a job because you have tattoos? I have a family member that has twenty-four tattoos and currently has a job that he has worked hard to obtain. He keeps his tattoos covered when working allowing him to remain on a professional level and still have the ability to express himself in his free time. Although tattoos should be allowed in the workplace they may be considered unprofessional and inappropriate in both image and language. On the other hand, tattoos are personal and should not affect the person’s career choice. If we accept the growing number of tattoos, cases that discriminate against those who have tattoos and healthcare jobs being affected the most by people who have tattoos. Then we should accept that it is necessary for people with tattoos to be protected by the federal government with discrimination laws in place.

Only 32% of students surveyed in Arkansas, California, and Ohio believe that having visible tattoos would hinder a person’s chance of getting a job. (Bevill, Bracy, Dale, Glasgow, & Roach, 2009) It is just what they believe, not what is true.

In todays world, tattoos are known as the “hip” and “cool” thing to have on our skins. However, tattoos may look like something cool, it is not an acceptable look in the business world, when you’re “ popularity” is based on wealth you have. Tattoos should be hidden and not shown while having to apply for a job, or shown at the workplace, because it will lead to a decrease in getting employment, it looks unprofessional, and business people have negative views against it. People in the “business world” have a negative view on whether people should have tattoos in the workplace.

History of tattoos What is once perceived as a marking of being part of something violent, is now making strides in history to being accepted in today’s society. The word “tattoo” which is defined as an act to practice or partake in marking the skin with patterns, pictures, quotes, legends, etc. The term “tattoo” was brought to the English language by Captain James Cook’s, when he traveled to Polynesia (Perzanowski 2013). This is where he witnessed the Tahitians people practice of “tattowing” (Perzanowski ).

Are you among the group of individuals with a tattoo or facial piercing? Do you know anyone with a tattoo or facial piercing? How many people do you work with that have body modifications? In society today, 1 in every 10 Americans has a tattoo and . But for business owners looking to hire, there lies some confliction. Individuals participating in body modifications around America face a prejudice I never realized to be so prevalent among the job world until I conducted further research. The trend to tattoo or pierce one’s body has increased in popularity for the United States in recent years and while the negative stigma of body modifications seems to be dwindling, many employers continue to stand firm in their policies against