What Tattoos Can Harm Perceptions Summary

Tattoos have become apart of the new generation’s mainstream culture whereas more and more people since the 1970’s are entering the workforce with a tattoo. Getting tattoos has risen in the last few decades as more people under the age of 35 have at least one (Fox News 2). David Wiseman, author of “Tattoos Can Harm Perceptions: A Study And Suggestions,” discusses how people with tattoos receive negative attention from their peers when they are of age to enter the workforce. Aaron Arndt, author of “What Tattoos Tell Customers About Salespeople: The Role of Gender Norms,” would agree with Wiseman, because his studies found that it is dependent on someone 's age and gender how tattoos are viewed among people and whether they are given a positive or a negative perception. From these two disciplines, business and psychology, there is a connection on how the corporate world negatively perceives its employees who have tattoos. Perceptions have changed what humans think about the idea of …show more content…
To conclude, these studies begin to show how perceptions can be changed when both a tattooed person and non-tattooed person are salespeople at stores. The studies were conducted on college students who were perceived as about to enter the workforce. In saying that, it makes sense that popularity rules and that may seem where the person would be influenced against getting a tattoo on the body. While the big picture is whether or not people trust themselves with people whom are tattooed, it is interesting to find that most of 57% of the normal population doesn’t trust people who have tattoos (Arndt). Most of the studies conducted spoke highly about how college students are the prime target for a tattoo. Furthermore, these two disciplines, business and psychology, share a connection on how the business world may perceive college students negatively if it’s employees has