Tattoos and Piercings Bias
Tattoos and piercings have become more and more popular fashion statements as artists continue to create new ideas, as well as the acceptance of the ink and jewelry. Although it may seem that there is an approval towards this style, many are put into stereotypical categories based on their appearance. Regardless of who the person truly is, the bias associated with tattoos and piercings often leads him/her to be percieved as less intelligent, fraudulent, and less spiritual.
Often out in public or at my job I am stopped by multiple people stereotyping me by suspecting I am less intelligent. I am asked questions such as, "Why do you have holes in your ears?" "Why go through that pain?" These are often annoying questions to me; saying I have holes in my ears rather …show more content…
In the story, "Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination" by Deborah L. Rhode, she shows a great depiction of various stereotypes and their effects on everyday lives. In the beginning she explains a past Chicago law, "Any person who is diseased, maimed, mutilated, or in any way deformed, so as unsightly or disgusting shall not expose themselves to public view under penalty of $1 every offense." This is ridiculous and very offensive to people who are genetically mutilated. I have been told before that the gauges in my ears make me look deformed or unordinary. In another instance, my first tattoo. It was a cherry blossom tree that starts at the beginning of my rib cage down to the tip of my hip. Next to the tree are Japanese symbols that translate to "spiritual
Tattoos and piercings have become more and more popular fashion statements as artists continue to create new ideas, as well as the acceptance of the ink and jewelry. Although it may seem that there is an approval towards this style, many are put into stereotypical categories based on their appearance. Regardless of who the person truly is, the bias associated with tattoos and piercings often leads him/her to be percieved as less intelligent, fraudulent, and less spiritual.
Often out in public or at my job I am stopped by multiple people stereotyping me by suspecting I am less intelligent. I am asked questions such as, "Why do you have holes in your ears?" "Why go through that pain?" These are often annoying questions to me; saying I have holes in my ears rather …show more content…
In the story, "Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination" by Deborah L. Rhode, she shows a great depiction of various stereotypes and their effects on everyday lives. In the beginning she explains a past Chicago law, "Any person who is diseased, maimed, mutilated, or in any way deformed, so as unsightly or disgusting shall not expose themselves to public view under penalty of $1 every offense." This is ridiculous and very offensive to people who are genetically mutilated. I have been told before that the gauges in my ears make me look deformed or unordinary. In another instance, my first tattoo. It was a cherry blossom tree that starts at the beginning of my rib cage down to the tip of my hip. Next to the tree are Japanese symbols that translate to "spiritual