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    Paper Are Tattoos Still Taboo in the Workplace? This is a topic that has been marinating in my mind for quite some time. I myself love the sense of having freedom to express myself. As I currently stand‚ I work as a Systems Engineer for the Government and one of my biggest pet peeves is conformity. I understand that there are dress codes and I follow them but in ways that still allow me to be myself‚ after all I’m not a gray suit type of gal. In fact‚ I myself have a full sleeve tattoo and I’m not

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    Tattoos In Today's Society

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    perverted as with all great truths. The truth is that while most people do not begrudge anyone with tattoos‚ they are not perceived as a positive‚ even though there is no substantial reason for them not to be. In today’s cultural landscape the media is portraying tattoos more and more‚ and they have

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    and Present of Tattoos “The word tattoo reportedly is derived from the Tahitian word “tatu.” (Walker 1999 -2010 p. 1). The main idea of this paper is to identify where tattoos have gone wrong through culture over the years of mankind. By justifying the background and history of tattoos with their meaning and their original culture to help identify where society has disassociated the true meaning of cultural acceptance and gave way to fear. The earliest suggestions of tattoos on bodies of Iceman

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    Sociology Behind Tattoos

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    Tattooing. Like most body modifications‚ tattoos are an often misunderstood form of body modification. Despite the stigmas‚ tattoos have become a unique object of desire to diverse groups of people. But are the popular perceptions of tattoos out of synch with the true meaning behind them? This essay will explore the social and cultural practices of tattooing and the causal connection between the mind and the tattooed body. It will also explore why tattoos engender uneasiness and curiosity‚ and constitutes

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    Speech Mrs. Douglass Period 6 Rough draft Do you like tattoosTattoos lots of people have them. But did you know tattoos are bad to have in the workplace. A book that says tattoos are bad is the Bible. The Bible says that “you must not put tattoo marking upon yourselves‚” because your body is a temple. I wrote this to show why tattoos are bad in the workplace. Tattoos create negative images‚ affect job opportunities First off is how tattoos create a negative image towards you. For example a woman

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    Self Acceptance

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    Throughout the course of the year our brains have been filled with various literary works. We have read short stories and plays that have not been accustomed too. You know things from the 18th century or readings from the slave-like time periods. Besides all of that though‚ we have learned a great deal about Character‚ Quality‚ Values and Life in a broader more mature point of view. As reading the play “Antigone” we were exposed to the closed mindedness of Creon (Antigone’s Uncle; King

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    Tattoo Pop Culture

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    Let’s face it‚ tattoos have burst onto pop culture and have taken over the current media scenery. TV shows based on the tattoo industry are springing up on major networks‚ social media pages for tattoo culture are numbering in the millions of followers‚ and you would be hard pressed to take a walk on the street and not see several people sporting leg tats or arm sleeves. Not to mention all the pieces you see on the beach! Tattoos have become a mainstream part of society. Today‚ 36 percent of Americans

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    their bodies as they believe that tattoos are beautiful and acts as an identification mark or it may have a great meaning in their lives. Many youths especially the black American teenage boys and superstars have many tattoos all over their bodies. Some tattoo themselves just because their friends in the neighborhood or at school have tattoos thus I can argue that tattooing is an act of peer pressure. There are so many question asked on the importance of tattoos that’s why scholars have researched

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    Tattoos and Ancient Egypt

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    Analysis of the Fundamental Usage of Tattoos in Ancient Egypt Compared with that of Ancient Greece and Rome Getting a tattoo inked upon one’s body is an extremely popular practice in today’s world. This form of bodily artwork symbolizes multiple aspects: a sort of coming of age right‚ rebellion against society‚ and‚ most pointedly‚ a clear form of individual expression. While tattooing is well practiced in the modern era‚ it actually has its roots in ancient culture. Ancient civilizations practiced

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    Tattoos: A History of Skin and Ink Ralph Bianco Axia College What is a tattoo? A tattoo is a design made or a permanent mark within the skin made by the operation of picking while leaving behind an ineffaceable ingraining of coloring into the punctures or by scar rising. That would be the definition‚ however‚ a tattoo‚ to many‚ has a more personal‚ abstract meaning. To many people tattoos would symbolize religion‚ status‚ experiences‚ art and individuality. Just as fascinating‚ is the history

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