{"id":1058,"date":"2007-07-09T11:14:55","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T16:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/tattoos-and-body-art\/"},"modified":"2007-07-09T11:14:56","modified_gmt":"2007-07-09T16:14:56","slug":"tattoos-and-body-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/tattoos-and-body-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Tattoos And Body Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tattoos &amp; piercings are a growing phenomenon in our society especially as the younger generation embraces this body art.&nbsp; The Rock Star <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/tattoos-and-piercings\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted on this topic last year<\/a> and it spurred much debate.&nbsp; And a worthy debate it is as seen in a Pioneer Press&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/ci_6316207?source=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Body art on the job<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Nearly half of Americans between 21 and 32 have at least one tattoo or piercing other than in an ear<\/strong>, according to a 2006 study by the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Men and women alike say their tattoos make them feel sexy and rebellious, a 2003 Harris Poll found, while the unadorned of both genders see body art as unsightly and think those with tattoos and piercings are less intelligent and less attractive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And from later in the article, a fairly reasoned approach to handling this topic:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Beitner&#8217;s solution: the is-it-offensive test, applied on a case-by-case basis. &#8220;A butterfly is not such a big deal,&#8221; he said, but a skull and crossbones with blood dripping out of the eye sockets would be a problem. And sometimes Beitner does ask staffers to remove belly rings or tongue studs when they&#8217;re at work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>My take is that most tattoos are hopefully hidden by proper business attire.&nbsp; If a butterfly is peaking out of the small of someone&#8217;s back, I would be more concerned about their clothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tattoos &amp; piercings are a growing phenomenon in our society especially as the younger generation embraces this body art.&nbsp; The Rock Star posted on this topic last year and it spurred much debate.&nbsp; And a worthy debate it is as seen in a Pioneer Press&#8217; Body art on the job: Nearly half of Americans between 21 and 32 have at least one tattoo or piercing other than in an ear, according to a 2006 study by the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Men and women alike say their tattoos make them feel sexy and rebellious, a 2003 Harris Poll found, while the unadorned of both genders see body art&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/07\/tattoos-and-body-art\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-h4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":709,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/tattoos-and-piercings-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1058,"position":0},"title":"Tattoos and Piercings &#8211; Part 2","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"March 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I posted on this subject last December, but a recent article in SHRM's newsletter touched on this subject and got my attention. 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