Lets begin with an analogy:
You are walking down the street and see a man who is dressed well but has more than a few visible tattoos. Now, you also see a man walking beside him that is dressed the same however, he has no tattoos whatsoever.
Who would you be more likely to be friendly and welcome to? Lets think about this. Although tattoos are apparently more acceptable in society today it is not just the senior citizens who frown upon tattoos, it's a wide-spread majority of people. You can't get a good job while exposing tattoos, you can't even work at a corporate restaurant like Red Robin, without covering tattoos up.
And I can't help but question, why? Why is it that from such a young age we are taught that the way you look doesn't matter, we are all different and that's okay, it's on what is on the inside that counts. If the truth be known I think that's a bunch of bs. Because if that were true, why are their still judgments towards something that is, in the aspect of life itself, completely minute?
Society needs to decide whether they are going to let prejudices like tattoos dictate their interaction with the people around them because even though "our generation" is accepting of tattoos, their is still a lot to work on.
2 comments:
I think this is a very controversial topic. As a society there some who tend to say one thing and do the complete opposite, hypocrites. Such as "from such a young age we are taught that the way you look doesn't matter, we are all different and that's okay, it's on what is on the inside that counts." However, what is on the outside is not accepted, as in the same way, when a homeless person walks into a restaurant everyone looks to see and no one takes him or her seriously even though they might be the nicest most honest person. We are just so accustomed to societies norms to see past what is acceptable.
good point, i like how well this is put out. im sure everyone find themselves stuck at one point as to whether or not they could do something with out being pre-judged. for instance with the whole tatto-ing thing, i find myself debating as to whether or not i should get a tattoo. at a young age i was told not to get one because of my religous background. however things over time have changed even in religion, certain things change. though i'm really tempted to get a tattoo, there's always those "older" and conservative people that no doubtily will pre-judge me for what i have done to myself. as time will pass, i think society and will change, but in the mix of all this, there will always be those who still live in the old age and pre-judge..
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