Tattoos on women: just for the beautiful?

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Permalink Reply by Malice on June 20, 2008 at 9:20pm

Just get tattoos that work with your shape and your body. If anything, I'd say a thin girl has less canvas to work with.

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Permalink Reply by Rowan on June 21, 2008 at 12:59am

Oh, hell no!

I'm not sure who put these ideas in your head about not being "attractive enough," but I'd like to give them a stern talking-to. Or maybe a loud and heartfelt cursing at (<---from Brooklyn). Good tattoos are beauty-enhancing, especially when they play up good features and give a glimpse into their bearers' inner lives. You might even find that they give you confidence, since with tattoos you are adorned with beautiful artwork.

And of course, no discussion on this topic would be complete without a mention of the eejits who think that our tattoos "ruin" our beauty. Let us each gleefully make rude gestures at them, and at the media and beauty industry that likes to tell us that no matter what we look like, we are never good enough anyway.

I recommend going to any tattoo conventions that may be in your area. There, you will see tattooed people of every size and shape, flaunting their ink...and that ink is often located on body parts that might not belong to fashion models but which can look pretty darn good anyway. Cookie-cutter standards of attractiveness are boring, anyway.

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Permalink Reply by jezebel on June 21, 2008 at 2:05am

Hmm.. maybe true. But it's not the media. It's the way I'm treated by men and women around me. It's me. I have meaty arms and legs that most men would kill for. I have man hands with fat worker fingers. I already get the sense from a lot of people that aside from having boobs and a butt I'm pretty manly. My brain isn't a girly girl brain and that certainly doesn't help.

And I also get the sense that people outside of the tattoo community think tattoos make women look more masculine. So if you're cute and dainty enough, or if you're plump and womanly enough, you can negate the added manliness from having tattoos. But if people already look at you like you're some third gender then tattoos - other than a strategically placed butterfly or daisy (which is so completely not a tattoo that I would choose) - aren't going to help your case.

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Permalink Reply by Erin on June 21, 2008 at 12:11pm

So you already are concerned with how people view you due to many different "problems" you have with your body. Most of the things you say describe me as well. Although, in all honesty, I do not really care that much, I am happy in my skin. My tattoos helped me with that. Look at tattoos as a way to choose how people view you.

In all honesty, I think you need to worry less about how you think people view you. Why is the opinion of people you don't know that important to you? Think about getting a tattoo for yourself. If you want to get tattooed, do it. It is for you, not everyone else anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Christina on June 21, 2008 at 11:51am

I'm not thin and certainly not dainty-- but my tattoo is still beautiful. It is really about the expression and what the tattoo means to YOU. It took 15 years for me to go ahead and get a tattoo, because I had to make sure that I was doing it for myself, and not just for others to look at. If the desire to express yourself with a tattoo is there, don't concern yourself with whether or not someone else will find it attractive.

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Permalink Reply by Mary on June 21, 2008 at 3:56pm

If you really worry that much about what other people think then maybe you shouldn't get a tattoo. I'm not saying this to be mean but tattoos do seem to make other people think that they can comment all they want about your decisions. And if you are already sensitive to others opinions well that just going to be a mess.

A beautiful tattoo shows the confidence of the person who wears it, to me thats always attractive. And you would be suprised about the publics perception of attractive tattooed women. I am "genetically lucky" as my friends like to call it, and even with my one shoulder piece I still have a lot of people say things like "why would a pretty girl do that to herself" and "your ruining your looks. who will date you now". People that judge you just by appearance are idiots, you shouldn't give a damn about what they say.

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Permalink Reply by Jess on June 27, 2008 at 12:41pm

Mary's right, if you care that much what strangers think of you then you certainly shouldn't get a tattoo. You WILL BE STARED AT and people WILL make rude comments to you, or hurtful comments, out of sheer ignorance. You are the only one who can decide if you're comfortable and ready for that step.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly on June 25, 2008 at 8:48pm

If you want to have a tattoo...the only one that is stopping you is you. Don't compare yourself or your beauty with what is advertised and what is 'fed' to us. I'm no barbie doll myself but getting my tattoo and body piercings (VERY sensitive areas) has helped me to gain better confidence in my full-figure self.

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Permalink Reply by Nil on June 25, 2008 at 10:35pm

Just to reply to your questions: no and no...
I think tattoos make everyone interesting... Every time I see a person with tattoos I would love the hear the stories behind them, no matter how simple or silly it may be for some... there is always something to tell.

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Permalink Reply by Pyrrhus Darwin Castello on June 26, 2008 at 1:22am

I know one of the reason's why im going to get a fullbody suit in japanese is because I want to cover up all my stretchmarks and there are aprx. like 60 of them. Some of them are as thick as my fingers and twice that long. So I get tattoos to look better.

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Permalink Reply by Dana on June 26, 2008 at 8:51am

Agreed...I think that tattoos can make areas of the body that don't look so hot look great! Tattooing can turn blemishes into art!

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Permalink Reply by jo thomas on June 26, 2008 at 7:08pm

Dont be so down on yourself sweetie.... im 'fine maid' as they say in these parts, my tattos are beautiful and im so pleased with them. I choose to not show them all of the time so when i do people tell me that they are sexy..... I have a fantastic job where i have to wear a suit, shirt, girly shoes etc.... i get a kick thinking that everyone thinks that im ' not the type' to have a tat.... x You are probably a very beautiful woman x go get a small one somewhere where only you will know ;0)

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