Comments on: Tattoos Still Carry A Negative Stigma

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:47:44 +0000

those are some beautiful tattoos he’s got there. yeah, its good to get tattoos where they can be easily covered, but when they’re as sick as these who gives a fuck!

By: jd

jd — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:54:12 +0000

screw anyone that has a problem my lawyer is sleeved to the wrist to the ankle and im half sleeved on both arms my back is completly covered and my calfs i wear shirts and shorts to work everyday

By: pol

pol — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:20:23 +0000

As a us marine i have also encountered some dismisal of my tattoos, but when most peoople find out what my job is they change, recently i starrted to date a hot girl with legs that could act as a scarf, her father a pastor and judge , did not approve, untill she told him i was a decorated gun/sarg, and after he checked me out, his attitude changed, and he had a totally different approch towards me, and was happy to introduce me to those he held in high regard, short sleves and all, he later showed me tatts he had gotten long ago and far away.
I agree, becarefull where you get them, but “fuck!”, if you want one get it, my supers who made the desision to premote me, for good reasons, also have tatts, some of them are related to top knobs in the us gov.

Pol.

ps, pol is irish for paul, the dads from dublin, he is covered in tatts and hes a bigwig in a religous publishing group.

By: Pyro

Pyro — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:51:55 +0000

Tattoos have become alot less taboo, i have to agree, then again i have found it very easy where as getting a job is concerned granted i work as a tattooist/piercer but i have also worked as a male nurse (lay off the jokes) and in a special needs school in the UK, any employer should look past the ink and judge the employee on the bases of skill and merit.

(the tattoo’s i have cover both arms the side of my skull back of my skull and side burns.)

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By: Buzz

Buzz — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:24:03 +0000

I personally don’t think tattoos are as taboo as they once were. Now in days tats have gotten to popular with mainstream society. Case in point the dreaded “tramp stamp” you have all these strippers and porn stars getting. It’s pretty much gotten like a fashion statement, or the “cool” thing to do nowadays. IMO that sucks!
It used to be that only outlaw biker gangs, street gangs, and the Mafia had tats but not any more.
BTW I’ve been a sales manager for 12 years and I don’t give a shit what you like, but if you can sell! Just my 2 cents.

Buzz

By: john

john — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:04:08 +0000

Now as far as tattoos being excepted , things have came a long way. I work for a fire department in the phoenix valley erea in az. and there are a few of us that have complete sleeves. tattoos have became main stream when this is allowed. as long as they are not offensive.

By: andi

andi — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:04:51 +0000

You said “One would think that the negative stigmas associated with tattoos would have diminished by now, after all we do live in the twenty-first century”, but then go on to give exactly the advice of avoidance which perpetuates prejudice. As soon as anything becomes clearly mainstream, whether that’s piercings, facial tattoos or parading sexuality; there’s really no choice other than it being accepted (whether liked by individuals or not).

And just for the record, I have tattoos covering both arms and hands, piercings in my face, I wear hoodies and ripped jeans at work, and I live in Japan. I’m a professional consultant, and so far – although it’s attracted comments, it hasn’t lost me any work.

By: YoMo

YoMo — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:07:10 +0000

I would counter this with 2 things. 1, you always have the option of choosing a field of work and place of work that doesn’t have these issues. There’s a big difference between being tattooed and in telemarketing in Denver versus tattooed and a well-paid programmer in Seattle. 2, consider you choice of tattoos and the reason for getting it. You might not be able to argue that your tattoos shouldn’t be covered for work if you got something offensive to many people or cliché like a butterfly or skull. I have tattoos ranging from large ones on my legs that are easily covered by pants, to a small one on my wrist that isn’t under a watch or jewelry. However, each tattoo of mine has deep religious significance to me. Your best bet is to ask straight out in the interview if it will be a problem. Then it’s your choice of what to do from there.