The Jeremy Kyle show comes to mind. He has made a living out of bringing chavviness issues to our homes and the program suggests that they spend their most of their time waiting for DNA results of offspring. If the general public sees programs like this the prejudice is going to remain. It's not something I tune into on a regular basis but stumbled upon if I have had to stay at home off sick from work, thankfully not too often!!

Surprisingly the so called chavs I've come across are equally into designer clothes and the latest computers games and suchlike and because of the circumstances need to have a 'streetwise' appearance or else be trampled on depending on the area they are in. Piercings are not just a chav thing I have known many middle-class hippies to have the odd piercing or two plus tattoos but people seem to accept that and call that bohemian.