Iâve always wondered if tattoos have an affect on how people view youâŚ.particularly in the workplace. Many companies have a âNo Tattoo Showing Policyâ in place, especially for very professional roles. So we did an experiment: Question: Would having a large amount of tattoos affect how people view you? Experiment ...Continue Reading â¨
As I was trying to figure out what am I going to pick for my theory post? I thought what is something that describes one of our three theoretical perspectives. I picked symbolic interactionism which is defined as the how âa micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations, assumptions form the basic motivations behind peoplesâ actionsâ (Conley, 2017, p.33). People see other with tattoos and immediately think oh they are not good news. Or employers see people covered in tattoos and they do not think about anything else.
When I was looking for jobs if you have visible tattoos you were less likely to be hired. It did not matter whether you had a perfect resume or you were a hard worker employerâs opinion stopped at your tattoos. If they did hire you all tattoos needed to be covered and not visible. In this article it showed females with and without tattoos along with males. It shows the ratings for social, dating, and business then their ratings after with and without tattoos. As expected this the person without tattoos has a higher score for both dating, social, and business combined. Each person gives a description on why their score went down and why. For Jake under business âdropped a decent amount (-33) with his tattoo sleeve in whatâs supposed to be a professional photo.â (Medhora, 2018).Â
Businesses and society has gotten a lot better with excepting tattoos. Six years ago it was the opposite, businesses would have a tattoo policy where it was not tolerated in certain areas like the arm or leg even if it could be covered up. Those were social regulations âthe number of rules guiding your daily life and, more specifically, what you can reasonably expect from the world on a day-to-day basisâ (Conley, 2017, p.200). The older generation and businesses set those social regulations a few years ago because to the older generation is was frowned upon to have tattoos showing and companies have to worry about tattoos drawing away those customers.
I am glad society has changed on tattoos because I do not think tattoos shape a person. I have tattoo, they are not random tattoos they all have a meaning for my grandfather. Do not judge a book by its cover.
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Reference
Conley, D. (2017). You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist (5th ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Medhora, N. (2018, April 5). Do tattoos affect how view you in the work place? Lets find out! Retreived from https://kopywritingkourse.com/tattoos-in-the-workplace/









