Body Tattoos and Piercings

I decided to do my research essay on body tattoos and piercings. It seems most people are quite afraid of people who have tattoos on harmful places or one too many piercings. I think there's a lot of judgement when it comes to this, so I am trying to find out what it is about tattoos and piercings that make people scared of them. I know when I see someone with big gauges in their nose, I get a little creeped out, but that's about it. I think if people have tattoos covering their arms and some on their neck, it seems painful, but it doesn't give us the right to judge their lives and who they are as a person.

I can be a judgemental person at times, but yet I hate when people judge someone by how they look. If someone has a crazy looking tattoo or a gauge in their nose, it doesn't mean that they've had a hard life, or that they are rebellious and are depressed people who are crying out for help. I think people who have tattoos and piercings, get them for a reason. In my community, people will get tattoos when someone they love passes away in memory of them. So when I see someone with a lot of tattoos, I just think they have some stories they have had in their life to tell, and not for us to just look at and judge them.

For my writing process with this essay, I'm focusing more on articles that people write about how they are judged on how people see them. I would like to read a lot more articles written by people with tattoos and piercings to understand their point of view. I hope to find more results on how people react with strangers who have piercings and tattoos, and how many people get tattoos or piercings. It seems they are more popular now-a-days so it's hard to think people judge people who have them even though many people get them.