Tattoos Persuasive Essay

Tattoos have been around for centuries, early civilizations have witnessed numerous forms of bans on tattoos and piercings with an assumption that these works were impure and as a result could without doubt stain sacred places of worship like temples, churches and so on. The prevailing view at the time was that this practice at times disdained the body and rendered it as a means to release inner turmoil and pain.
First created to differentiate clans, and has ever since had varied attack of popularity throughout history. By far it is this generation which is most popular with 36% of the nation’s young adults having at least one tattoo or piercing. With the increase of those getting tattoos and piercing one would think, natural progression and

all, the upcoming stride would be to fit the dress policy set out by companies around the changing times. Evidently not. Tattoos and piercings as part of a company's dress code are either for employees to be without or to be forced to cover them up. Body modifications must be accepted in the work place. To be completely recognised as an individual person of today finding many ways to express themselves, by getting self-altering techniques such as facial piercings, body piercings, and tattoos. When a person shows up at his/her job interview with profanity and satanic creatures on their body, the interviewer might have second thoughts. When someone shows up with a spiritual or religious tattoo they should not be thrown in with the ruthless others.
Removing a tattoo or piercing can also be very expensive and time consuming.

In many businesses there are rules on the limits and even amount of tattoos which can be seen. Some jobs just flat out states that there cannot be any form of tattoo covered or not and noticeable piercings. As people daily try to beat the system they are victimized and subjected as to why they haven’t gotten them removed. As tattoos are priced by amount of ink and time needed to finish the art work, piercings are decided by a flat rate usually. In the USA, removing a small tattoo of two to three inches with a total of four colors had cost about $300, and a nose piercing cost $35. The prices are established by the artist not the business. However someone who goes in to get a removal of that small $200 tattoo could cost around $100 per treatment but only for black ink. As people have more colorful parts of tattoos, they forget about resulting in more treatments. As regards the large tattoos one treatment can result in the patient paying close to $500, if the person needed more than one treatment they would be paying over $1200 just to make an employer happy. The removals can be very painful and time consuming. When someone has to remove a piercing the hole might not close for almost up to six months, and when some do they can leave

scars.
Given, the current high profile debate with regard to those body art forms as tattoos and piercings, it is quite surprising that many company owners feel that tattoos and other personal enhancers would become a distraction or cause a kink in the company chain, but they are wrong. All company’s owners can choose the success or failure of the company. If they feel that tattoos or any other type of body enhancer would hinder the effectiveness of their business then they have the power to remove anyone who violates the rules. The argument for workers who are discriminated against about their art forms is that it is a religious symbol. Unless it is an unsanitary modification then it should be allowed to stay. With many legal rulings within companies about their opinions with the effectiveness of tattoos and other body modifications in the work place the person many be declined. It is said to be a distraction in the work place if it is a formal environment as in a doctor’s office or a law firm. “According to a CNN article by Michelle Goodman (2008), Dave Kimmelburg, a lawyer from Boston who is tattooed says that it is better to stick to tattoos and piercings that can easily be covered up if you are going to work in a professional environment.” www.CNN.com the professional environments he is using as examples is the instances of doctors’ offices and being around important officials.
With businesses such as a Dot com business or a hair salon they can be over looked easily. At the Lux Salon in Moore Oklahoma a worker that has been there since it has opened in April of 2012. Amanda Baker a well-educated stylist with a visible arm tattoo and two facial piercings explained the rules as “There really aren’t any rules against any of that.