Tattoos In Today's Society

Tattooing has held deeply personal and respected positions in cultures throughout not only time, but geographically as well. It’s been used to tell a story, mark beliefs, and identify who a person is. However, today tattooing is nearly taboo in most parts of society, especially in the corporate world. It has become a negative, a sign of rebelliousness and a screw you attitude. The ideal that has been held, and is still held, has been corrupted and perverted as with all great truths. The truth is that while most people do not begrudge anyone with tattoos, they are not perceived as a positive, even though there is no substantial reason for them not to be. In today’s cultural landscape the media is portraying tattoos more and more, and they have
They have no place in corporate culture as they can only present a distraction. Others might add that not all tattoos have meaning, that they are just whimsical decorations. This author will be the first to admit that in some cases it may be true that a person chose to act impulsively or irrationally when getting inked. Not every person who gets a tattoo feels the need for the art to have a deep meaning, but that should not matter in the big scheme of body art. Even without intended meaning attached to the art, there is a reason for a person wanting to alter their body. People ink on things they relate to, and enjoy; things that inspire them, and things that remind them of life altering events. There is still some meaning behind even a seemingly meaningless tattoo. While it is true that the Bible makes reference to not marking the body, there is never an explicit mention of what the marking is. Also, there should be no reason to consider them unprofessional. It might even make some things easier. Tattoos can form an instant bond between people; similar motifs and designs inked on the body can be powerful magnets in social situations. It would be a valuable tool to be able to look at a potential employee and know something very personal about them from the pictures on their skin. A hiring manager could have the ability to know the entire life history of the applicant in one sweep of the eye. Hours of useable business hours could be saved if an employer knew more about the person because of a simple tattoo. The interview process could have more depth and be streamlined because of knowing intimate detals about the applicant by their choice of body art. Some employers have already begun to make the shift from a knee jerk reaction to a person's physical appearance to more of an evaluation of the person as a