Stereotypes And Tattoos: Why Teenagers Are The Same?

Have you ever heard of people telling your parents, "Good luck dealing with them," or "All teenagers are the same?" Now teenagers are being stereotyped of being the same. Not good but bad. Add tattoos and hip hop into the picture, the situation becomes worse. Adults feel that there is no hope for this generation, my generation. It does not fail that tattoos and hip hop receive eye cringing responses. Little do they know that hip hop and tattoos aren't bad? They have meaning. Tattoos are marks on the skin made by permanent ink. Tattoos can be made to any design for example animals, and words. Tattoos are widely stereotyped, not in a positive way. 80% believe that all tattoos are bad or the same. The other 20% believe they are evil and people should not be marked. 38% of Americans between 18 to 29 years old have tattoos. People have negative reactions against tattoos because adults believe teenagers are too young to make decisions for themselves and should not be allowed to be marked. Parents also believe that teenagers who are marked will ruin their chances of being promoted or getting into …show more content…
The voices that have to be heard is the teenagers. This young adults feel tattoos have meaning and that is one reason why they mark their bodies. For example a young woman named Ashley has her dance studio slogan as a tattoo. The reason she got this particular marking is it represents all the years she put into dancing. Another reason why teenagers have tattoos is the ability to self-express. When it comes to Hip hop, teenagers know that the music has bad lyrics but to them it’s just music and not all music is the same. Others listen to this style because of the beat not the lyrics. Teenagers feel that their parents don't understand and there is too much of a gap in between them. Ashley's mother was upset that her daughter wanted a tattoo but understood when Ashley told her the