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"Are Margaret Cho&amp;apos;s tattoos taboo? In a blog post on Jezebel, the comedienne sounds off on allegedly being discriminated against by other Korean women at a Los Angeles spa. While others were allowed to walk around naked, she was told to cover up her tattoos because she was upsetting other customers.\r\n&amp;quot;Perhaps I do get stared at a lot because I am a heavily tattooed woman, but I am also a Korean woman, and I feel I have the right to be naked in the Korean spa with other Korean women,&amp;quot; she writes.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nBut the 44-year-old fashion designer was asked by staff to wear a robe. When Cho dropped her famous name, she writes, &amp;quot;[A staff member] apologized even more profusely and tried to explain that in Korean culture, tattoos are very taboo and my body was upsetting everyone there.&amp;quot;\r\nThough Cho complied and wore the robe for the rest of her spa treatments, she says she was &amp;quot;still being given heavy duty Korean woman stinkeye.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAfter paying, she complained about the way she was treated. &amp;quot;I told them that Korean culture is one thing, but this place is in Los Angeles,&amp;quot; Cho writes. &amp;quot;We are not in Korea right now. This is America. And it&amp;apos;s not like I enjoyed looking at their bodies that much. These were all women of various sizes and shapes and some, like me, bore the marks of a difficult life. My tattoos represent much of the pain and suffering I have endured. They are part of me, just like my scars, my fat, my eternal struggle with gravity. None of our bodies are &amp;#x2018;perfect&amp;apos;.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Their intolerance viewing my nakedness -- as if it was some kind of an assault on their senses, like my ass was a weapon -- made me furious in a way I can&amp;apos;t really even express with words,&amp;quot; Cho shares. &amp;quot;I deserve to be naked if I want to.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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