CONTRA-tattoos-dz

Tattoos have been used for decoration on people's skin, for meaning, group symbols, and so on. However, employers in work places believe they have the right to reject you for a job because you have a simple, harmless little picture on your arm. []

1. Tattoos are used to recognize members of the Yakuza, the Japanese mafia and gangs.

2. In the United States today, prisoners and criminals use tattoos to represent their criminal behavior or prison sentence.

3. The Knights of St. John of Malta used tattoos to show their allegiance during the spread of Christianity.

4. Judaism forbids tattoos.

5. Islam also forbids tattoos.

6. Tattoos can cause skin infections and allergic reactions since applying the tattoo requires breaking the skin barrier.

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7. People have had tattoos of people's names on their body as a memory of them.

8. Soldiers have had the names of fallen comrades tattooed on their body so they would live after death.

9. One man named Nick Schuyler tattooed a cross and anchor frame with the initials of his three friends after a boat accident.

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 10. a tattoo is a symbol that means something to a particular person. 11. People look for a specific tattoo that looks nice or tells them a certain message that describes them usually.

[]  12. Back in February 2011, the city of Peekskill was considering of lifting their tattoo ban.  13. They were thinking of building a tattoo studio where people can go to get body art.  []  14. Depending on the location and design, people with tattoos can be rejected from a job, arrested, or face social problems. 15. 85% of the people polled said that body art and/or piercings can hinder one's chance of applying at a job. 16. 64% said that body art and/or piercings affect the opinions of employees, saying they hinder work. 17. Only 2% of those same people said that the art/piercings actually help with work. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Verdana,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;">18. Companies have started policies requiring employees to cover their body art. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Verdana,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;">19. Tattoos have been known to help people obtain a career when the career recognizes or appreciates art. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Verdana,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif;">___ 20. I myself believe that a tattoo can hurt your job-finding chances is a violation of our freedom to express ourselves. 21. My dad has a high-ranked job in a company and he has two tattoos. He always has them concealed, but one was from when he was in the Navy, and the other he got while working at this company. Nobody ever thought differently of him because of them. 22. The daughter of my Aunt Catherine recently got a tattoo of a shark on the side of her stomach. When she posted it on Facebook, everyone was asking what it meant. She said that sharks must always keep moving in order to breathe because they must manually swim for water to pass through their gills. Her parents are currently getting a divorce, so she got that tattoo as a reminder to herself to always keep moving forward and never let the past drag her down. That is symbolic. 23. One of the guys my dad works with in the same company, has a large tattoo on the inside of his right arm near his wrist. It shows the Beatles song: "Happiness is a Warm Gun", shown as "'Happiness is a Warm' and has a highly detailed pistol with smoke coming from the barrel". I am sure some employees have seen it, but no one has ever complained, even though it has a large pistol in it. 24. My biological mom has a few tattoos herself: a rose on her left ankle; outside, and a small, blue butterfly on her back and her job at a different company is similar to my dad's, except she's not as high-ranked. No complaints. 25. Suppose me and my friends all get a tattoo on graduation night as a memento of our friendship. Years later, I apply for a job at a company, and they turn me away when they read my profile and see my tattoo and they think it's gang-related or something. Let's say that tattoo is a dragon wrapped around a sword with a gold hilt and the dragon is gripping the blade and hilt with its claws. And let's say I wanted that specific design because I like fantasy and I think it looks cool. That would be completely unfair and a violation of my individual rights. 26. I believe that the "tattoo rule" should only apply to these following characteristics: *it depends on the design of the tattoo *the location of the tattoo 27. It is understandable if someone comes to apply for a job as a waiter in a diner and they have a swaztica tattooed on their arm and the manager is Jewish.

28. If someone applies for a job with a tattoo of an eight-pronged star on their arm as symbol to always reach for the stars, then there is absolutely no reason why the employer should turn him away.

29. As I said in the example of myself, If an employer is suspicious of my tattoo, thinking it is a gang symbol or something, then they must question me about its meaning first before rejecting me.

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30. A Barbie was sold into stores that featured tattoos along the doll's upper body and had pink hair.

31. Despite the complaints, there was no controversy since Barbie dolls have been sold in many different and mature styles.

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32. On July 1, 2010, a law was passed in Minnesota saying minors can no longer get a tattoo, even with parental consent.

33. Tattoo artist support the law, saying that teens are not mentally ready for a tattoo.

34. People have complained, saying that the law should not control what they want to do with their bodies.

35. As of January 1, 2011, tattoo artists are required to have a state-issued license to perform tattooing or piercing.