Should Men Get Hired In The Workplace

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Is there a difference between men having tattoos in the workforce compared to women? Men are seen more as a punk rock kind of life style where women are not, so if you are going to be a wild woman a lot of the social norms would like to see you as lady like in the streets and visible tattoos make that impossible in some eyes. Despite what people say the main reason people do not get hired in the workforce because of body art is usually due to the location. If a man has a neck tattoo he is more than likely not going to get hired but if a women has one she might get hired because she can cover it up with long

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