Depends on the person...
I have 1 Tat a discrete Cross on my shoulder, I don’t smoke, drink, never been a criminal, did drugs, nor engaged in risky sexual behavior. And grew up in poverty...
Several of my relatives have Tats, and they follow the same pattern I do. Some have more than 1 Tat. Quite a few females, usually small flowers or butterfly type Tats.
Does that crap study include piercings that don’t leave you looking like a freak? I have 2 for earrings on the lobe of my ears. Most of us girls have pierced ears.
Why?
Must have missed the 9th, 10, and 11th word...
it’s more likely
This is a generalization, not a specific.
People in society are a generalization.
You and the few people you mentioned are specifics.
I’m not seeing any profession without tattoos these days. Dancers, hair dressers, sales clerks, bank tellers. I don’t think they are discriminated against. However, those people covered with gang tattoos might have trouble. They can’t speak English very well even if it’s their only language, which doesn’t help.