Tattoos or body piercings–cultural and ethnic issues

(Vero, 2014)

(SweedishFeesh, 2014)

In this day and age, people with tattoos are looked upon negatively. People care more about their spot in society than anything else, so if society looks down on tattoos, then so will everyone else.
Today many ordinary people have tattoos and or body piercings. However, many people perceive tattoos and piercings to be only for gang members, prisoners, troublemakers, low lives, and bikers. Now, since more and more mainstream people are getting tattoos and piercings, more conservative people who are against them are now shunning those people from society. Tattoos and piercings are a particularly offensive subject when dealing with women who are getting tattoos and piercings. They are especially judged and are considered trashy, tacky, and even to the extent of being promiscuous. Why are people so negative towards people with tattoos and piercings? It is art and causes no harm. However, there are many people who still view tattoos as a sign of rebellion and refuse to accept that a well educated grown man or woman can express themselves through owning a tattoo or piercing. Even people who are not mainstream people and do fall into the stereotypes face harsher criticism and downgrading. People tend not to trust them, feel afraid of them, or look down upon them. Even though yes, some people with tattoos and piercings usually don’t want to fit in to society. They purposely desired a distinctive feature that made them different from mainstream society. Conservatives still refuse to accept that in today’s generation, people are allowed to be different from each other and don’t deserve to be judged by the mark on their arm or the hole in their nose. It is not right to judge someone by the way they look or what is on their skin. It is not right because people who have