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The video explains the life of a woman who works in the real-estate office that has body art. She explains how when she went for her job interview, she had her tattoos hidden. However, after she was hired, she did not keep them covered. The woman's boss explains how the tattoos has no impact on the woman's job performance. The video provides statistics about how many adults have tattoos and it mentions places that tattoos should not be visible.
The video explains the life of a woman who works in the real-estate office that has body art. She explains how when she went for her job interview, she had her tattoos hidden. However, after she was hired, she did not keep them covered. The woman's boss explains how the tattoos has no impact on the woman's job performance. The video provides statistics about how many adults have tattoos and it mentions places that tattoos should not be visible.
Tattoo Taboo
"Tattoo Taboo" reveals personal stories behind stigma and gives professional opinions from employers. People who have tattoos in the workplace can automatically become attached to stigma. For example, "Although tattoos may be less controversial today, a significant number of people insist that they are an issue in the workplace. Thirty-nine percent of Americans think employers should have the right to deny employment to someone based on appearance, clothing, piercings, body art or hairstyle, according to a 2005 poll" (Mayhew, Melanie). It appears that some future or current employees feel strongly about keeping their tattoos visible because it symbolizes themselves or something they love. One story mentioned in the article was about a young woman named Kristin Stokes who decided to place a white butterfly on her wrist. The reason she choose white was so it would blend in with her skin so it was not as apparent. Kristin mentioned how some managers and co workers did not approve of her tattoo, especially because it was on the wrist. She has had many full time jobs and none of the jobs required her to cover up her body art. The article stated, "Regardless, her strategically placed tattoos speak to the stigma some people attach to body art and piercings. Tattoos and body piercings in the workplace are taboo, she said" (Mayhew, Melanie).
Customizing the Body
Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing, discusses symbolic and social means such as stigmatism that is behind the history of tattoos and the people who have body art. The book shares stories behind the tattoo industry such as the tattoo artists and stigmas that they are associated with. Tattoo artists face stigmatism often because some believe that being a tattoo artists is not a real career. The author mentions a brief description of stigma in the introductory of the book stating, "These issues of voluntary body alteration, deviation from appearance norms, and the social impact of purposive public stigmatization provide the central theme orienting this introductory…"(Sanders and Angus). Clinton Sanders explains the definitions and association of tattoos. Sanders states, "Definitions of tattoos and tattooees, held by both the general culture and the "scientific community," are predominately negative. Tattoos are defined as being symptomatic of the psychological or social deviance of the bearer" (Clinton, and Angus). Society influences how employers feel about people with tattoos especially when it comes to the workplace because the opinion of a client matters.
"Tattoo Taboo" reveals personal stories behind stigma and gives professional opinions from employers. People who have tattoos in the workplace can automatically become attached to stigma. For example, "Although tattoos may be less controversial today, a significant number of people insist that they are an issue in the workplace. Thirty-nine percent of Americans think employers should have the right to deny employment to someone based on appearance, clothing, piercings, body art or hairstyle, according to a 2005 poll" (Mayhew, Melanie). It appears that some future or current employees feel strongly about keeping their tattoos visible because it symbolizes themselves or something they love. One story mentioned in the article was about a young woman named Kristin Stokes who decided to place a white butterfly on her wrist. The reason she choose white was so it would blend in with her skin so it was not as apparent. Kristin mentioned how some managers and co workers did not approve of her tattoo, especially because it was on the wrist. She has had many full time jobs and none of the jobs required her to cover up her body art. The article stated, "Regardless, her strategically placed tattoos speak to the stigma some people attach to body art and piercings. Tattoos and body piercings in the workplace are taboo, she said" (Mayhew, Melanie).
Customizing the Body
Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing, discusses symbolic and social means such as stigmatism that is behind the history of tattoos and the people who have body art. The book shares stories behind the tattoo industry such as the tattoo artists and stigmas that they are associated with. Tattoo artists face stigmatism often because some believe that being a tattoo artists is not a real career. The author mentions a brief description of stigma in the introductory of the book stating, "These issues of voluntary body alteration, deviation from appearance norms, and the social impact of purposive public stigmatization provide the central theme orienting this introductory…"(Sanders and Angus). Clinton Sanders explains the definitions and association of tattoos. Sanders states, "Definitions of tattoos and tattooees, held by both the general culture and the "scientific community," are predominately negative. Tattoos are defined as being symptomatic of the psychological or social deviance of the bearer" (Clinton, and Angus). Society influences how employers feel about people with tattoos especially when it comes to the workplace because the opinion of a client matters.