Deviance

I read an article that told about how multiple tattoos and piercings lead to more deviant acts. The idea behind it was that most of the people that get tattoos tend to be troublemakers in the first place. It said that if they had one or more they were looking for attention and they were trying to make a statement with their tattoos. It also stated that people with multiple tattoos, intimate piercings, or multiple piercings would also tend to spend more time in jail and would commit more crimes than those without these characteristics.

                I side with the article in some respects that it seems that statistically it shows that most convicted criminals may have these kinds of tattoos and piercings, but on the other hand that doesn’t mean that everyone that gets these body marks is automatically a bad person. For some of them it is a life choice and they like what it looks like and they enjoy having these marks. This being said it doesn’t mean that they are automatically criminals and deviants. When I see a person with tons of tattoos and piercings I may not think they look the most traditional and professional but that still doesn’t mean that they are bad people.

                I found in this article that It only states the bad things about people with tattoos and piercings and it wants people to think that if you have these body marks you are automatically a deviant. I believe this is wrong and they people that put this out there could spice up their information more and put things in about the percentage of people that aren’t deviants that have tattoos and piercings. Overall I found out that the media tends to judge people based more on appearance than actual values.