You're sitting in a chair outside of an office, blotting the sweat off your face with a tissue to preserve your makeup. You're dressed in black dress pants and a formal white blouse, and you check your reflection in a small pocket mirror when your name is called by a woman standing in the office doorway.

You stand up confidently, reciting your previously thought out interview answers in your head.

As you walk through the door and sit in the chair in front of the desk, your sleeve rides up your arm and a tattoo is revealed. The interviewer notices and politely apologizes and informs you that tattoos are against company policy, and you are no longer eligible for the position.

Twenty years ago, tattoos were considered "rebellious" and were associated with gangs and violence.

Today, over 36 percent of American citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 have at least one tattoo, and not for the same reasons. However, employers continue to discriminate against employees and job applicants because of the tattoos they have on their bodies.

A girl who has a tattoo of angel wings surrounding initials on her forearm in memory of her deceased mother won't get hired after four years of hard work in college simply because tattoos are seen as "unprofessional" and "offensive" in the workplace.

Millennials often choose tattoo placement based on the idea that exposed tattoos will interfere with their ability to get hired for a job, which isn't fair.

Tattoo discrimination is a concept based on past, traditional views of tattoos, but while tattoos and their meanings have evolved, the ways in which they are perceived should evolve as well.

In past times, people couldn't get jobs because of their skin color, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender, age, and so on. Today, it is illegal to discriminate against these different groups of people in the workplace.

So why should it be any different for people with tattoos?