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Aug 24, 2012, 11:14 AM
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Member Since: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,565
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Originally Posted by sadpeanut
It's just something upsetting... And also classified as discrimination.
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well.. I don't think it rises to the level of discrimination, which is limited to race, gender, disability, etc. (which are things you don't choose). Very similar to your having made a choice to express yourself through tattoos, employers are entitled to select employees based on their own standards. I guess I'm lost as to why it's so upsetting, since said you knew going in that you would be dramatically limiting your opportunities by getting tattoos.
And I also don't think tattoos rise to the level of "not normal." You seem very 'normal,' you just chose to cover yourself in permanent visible body art, which does not fit in with a large chunk of employer standards. It's not about them being 'prejudiced' as you said in an earlier email. It's about employers making intelligent choices about responding to societal norms in order to draw customers. Those who choose to walk in the opposite direction of societal norms are the ones who are excluding themselves.
I'm all for inclusion with respect to race, gender, disability, etc.. but if a healthy person decided they had a preference for chopping their legs off, it would be unreasonable for them to then accuse society of discrimination and prejudice if they couldn't get a job working on a construction site, being a flight attendant, or a volleyball player. Unlike those born or injured that are unable to walk, we're talking about somebody who willingly choose to limit their opportunities. Throw an ailing economy and high unemployment into the mix, and their already limited opportunities get even more limited. Has nothing to do with whether they are a decent person.
I just don't get why you feel so wronged. .
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