Body Modification
body modification
873 words.
"Job Stoppers" People who express themselves with body modification should not be subject to having opportunities taken from them. What is or isn't on your body doesn't have anything to do with what someone capable of doing. People who choose to express themselves in the way they best see their body will continue to receive discrimination when trying to get a respectable job. Body modification is as much a choice as religion, sexual orientation, and race, which is included in equal opportunity employment. Some may be amazed at the amount of people that have these modifications. Many people don’t realize that the person they’re sitting next to may have some sort of modification. In 2006 the Food and Drug Administration reported 45 million Americans had at least one tattoo. (Dimopoulos, Thomas). Would anyone think differently of someone who they knew told them they had a hidden tattoo? Would that make them any less of a person? Not all tattoos are visible, so what is the difference between having them show or not? Regardless, it’s there. Just like in the work place, hidden tattoos are acceptable but showing that type of self-expression isn’t alright. That’s just like saying we have a freedom of speech, but we’re not allowed to speak. It’s more than just something to show; it’s much deeper than that. Body modification goes farther than just putting ink on your skin. It also has a lot to do with Culture and it’s a form of art. In the 1950’s many people changed their perceptions of body modification with other cultures and the nature of art. ( Polhemus, Ted. 40) Westerners used to pay people from different countries to show off their body art, people were intrigued by this and they considered it an art form. Modifications can show were one has been and where they are from. In the 18th century European tattooing because linked with the exotic- something that people did in very distance lands. (42) The opposing
873 words.
"Job Stoppers" People who express themselves with body modification should not be subject to having opportunities taken from them. What is or isn't on your body doesn't have anything to do with what someone capable of doing. People who choose to express themselves in the way they best see their body will continue to receive discrimination when trying to get a respectable job. Body modification is as much a choice as religion, sexual orientation, and race, which is included in equal opportunity employment. Some may be amazed at the amount of people that have these modifications. Many people don’t realize that the person they’re sitting next to may have some sort of modification. In 2006 the Food and Drug Administration reported 45 million Americans had at least one tattoo. (Dimopoulos, Thomas). Would anyone think differently of someone who they knew told them they had a hidden tattoo? Would that make them any less of a person? Not all tattoos are visible, so what is the difference between having them show or not? Regardless, it’s there. Just like in the work place, hidden tattoos are acceptable but showing that type of self-expression isn’t alright. That’s just like saying we have a freedom of speech, but we’re not allowed to speak. It’s more than just something to show; it’s much deeper than that. Body modification goes farther than just putting ink on your skin. It also has a lot to do with Culture and it’s a form of art. In the 1950’s many people changed their perceptions of body modification with other cultures and the nature of art. ( Polhemus, Ted. 40) Westerners used to pay people from different countries to show off their body art, people were intrigued by this and they considered it an art form. Modifications can show were one has been and where they are from. In the 18th century European tattooing because linked with the exotic- something that people did in very distance lands. (42) The opposing