A Short Summary On Tattoos

"Sometimes you have to lose your mind to find your freedom." During my Labor Day weekend, a friend decided to get a piercing. Me being the idiot that I am I decided to post a picture of me and another friend that had the caption "matching tattoo." Immediately, people started messaging me and asking me what the hell I was doing and if I was drunk? Of course, I wasn’t actually going to get tattoo. I was just kidding. It was crazy to see all these people giving me their opinions on tattoos, even though I had not asked for them. Honestly, what makes us believe that our opinions are correct and that we have to impose them on others. Not only did the people who follow me on snapchat tell me I was stupid for getting a tattoo, my cousin decided she would tell my mom. In a matter …show more content…
But not only am I not allowed to do this, I have to follow other rules my parents have. My parents constantly remind me that while I am living under their roof and they are supporting me, I have to follow their rules. Therefore, they are the source of the constraints imposed on me. This constraint prevents me from completely expressing who I am as an individual. The institutional structure would be my parents as the ultimate authority; my siblings and I have a set of rules and beliefs we must follow. Because they are our parents we do as they say to show our respect. My parents would obviously have the formal power, but society have also have some informal power. Society also seems to have stereotypes about the human beings with tattoos. Someone might not hire you because you have a tattoo. They assume you are a “bad” individual and not professional. As a result, some people decide not to get tattoos. The way others look at us and what they think is so important to us, which ultimately gives them informal power over us. Ultimately we give into social norms and a piece of our freedom is taken