Tattoos and Piercings 1 Tattoos and Piercings When you look at someone and see a tattoo or piercing‚ what do you think? Do you instantly see this person in a negative light or do you simply see it as a way in which the individual is expressing themselves? Tattoos and piercings are a form of nonverbal communication that can communicate many things to us. Nonverbal communication is defined as “all modes of communication except language‚ including nonword vocals‚ gestures‚ use of space‚ time
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society today‚ getting tattoos and piercing is just another way to express them-selves. However‚ tattoos and piercings can have both positive and negative outcomes. What most people don’t know is the history of tattoos and piercings. I think it would be wise to do a little research about the health issues that comes with tattoos and piercings and also how it has affected people’s lives. Tattoos have been dated back to thousands of years ago. While no one knows where tattoos originated‚ it has become
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Tiggemann‚ M.‚ Hopkins‚ A.L. (2011). Tattoos and piercings: Bodily expressions of uniqueness? Body Image‚ 8(3)‚ 245-250. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2011.03.007 Abbey‚ E.‚ & Davis‚ P. C. (2003). Constructing one’s identity through music. In I. J. Josephs (Ed.)‚ Dialogicality in development (pp. 69–86). Westport‚ CT: Praeger/Greenwood. Tiggemann & Hopkins (2011) investigated the motivations that influence people to modify their bodies with tattoos and piercings. Previous research has set out to
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Body Piercings and Tattoos: Health Risks A tattoo is a permanent mark or design made on your skin with pigments inserted through pricks into the skin’s top layer. During the procedure‚ a needle that’s connected to a small machine with tubes containing dye pierces the skin repeatedly (Mayo Clinic Staff). Tattoos are considered cosmetic and that is why tattoos are not regulated by the Federal Food and Drug Administration but local health departments. Even though tattoos and body piercing parlors are
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Body piercing and tattoos are a great form of artwork to the world. People get tattoos and piercings because it is a type of style that some people just want to have and it pleases there type of style. People get piercings and tattoos in places you will never imagine. Tattoos and piercings are like an extra piece of clothing or a style that people have like in the summer time. In the summer time in New York City people are amazed by tattoos it’s cool to have your ears pierced or have a tattoo. Some
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Garwood Prof Deanna Jessup English 112 3 June 2011 Tattoos vs. Piercings Your 18th birthday is one of the most important birthdays. You are finally of legal age to get a tattoo or a body piercing. The difficult question you now face is which one do you choose? You would love either‚ so the decision is mainly based on the expense‚ aftercare‚ permanence‚ and the pain of each. Both are great ways of self-expression but I feel body piercing is an overall better idea. Over the course of this paper
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Wilson 27 January 2011 English 102 Multiple Positions rough draft Prohibition of Tattoos and Piercings in the Workplace A large number of businesses do not allow tattoos that are visible. Many also prohibit piercings‚ other than single earrings on women. Some industries even take their policies to the extreme of not allowing any tattoos that take up more than 25% of a body part‚ and if a pre-existing tattoo is too large or obscene‚ it must be removed (Powers). This even applies if a uniform
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The History of Tattoos and Body Piercing The largest organ in the human body is the skin. Some people choose to express themselves through decorating their skin with tattoos‚ piercing and other kinds of body art. It’s true origin‚ symbolism‚ variety‚ and modern day versions go way back in time. The first tattoo known to man‚ was found on Otzi‚ the “Iceman“‚ in 1991. Otzi himself is from around 4‚000 B.C. Fifty-eight tattoos were found on him‚ they were all made of lines and dots. No real
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Tattoos & Piercings in the Workplace PHI221 Shelley Hipps College America Abstract This paper focuses on the subject of whether or not tattoos and piercings should be allowed in the workplace. There are a lot of resources arguing that they should not be allowed‚ but this research maintains the point that they should be more accepted in the workplace these days. This paper concludes by discussing how tattoos and piercings are much more of an artistic expression rather than a form of rebellion
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I have chosen is Tattoos and Body Piercings: New Terrain for Employers and Courts by Jon D. Bible. It can be found in the fall 2010 Labor Law Journal Volume 61 issue 3 pages 109-122. The author is a professor of business at the College of Business Administration at Texas State University. Based on his background‚ I expect the author’s presentation to be fair and unbiased. The introduction starts by discussing the possible negative effect of employees’ tattoos and piercings could have on business
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