Tattoos: Aspies Love 'Em or Leave 'Em?

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I find it amusing that people seem more butthurt by females with tattoos.

I suppose it goes back to the idea that females have some sort of moral obligation to make themselves sexually attractive.

It makes me grateful I'm asexual.

Yeah I suppose so.

Well I hate to break it to you, but us females do not have an obligation to refuse tattoos so we can keep our skin 'beautiful' for other people to enjoy.

Well that is how I feel about them.

What? Has there been a time (later than prehistoric, tribal world) when tattoos were LESS fashionable than now? When I think tattoos in the "original" sense, I think prisoners and sailors - people in confined spaces with meaningless doing and obeying on a daily basis, deprived of normal means to express themselves and act as independent human beings. It seems reasonable that tattoos and similar kinds of appearal were ways to find identity and fraternity and keep their memories.

Hell, I'm not even condemning on similar subcultures today, whether they are punkers, bikers, goths, political extremists etc. What I scoff is main street citizens of my own kind with all the priviliges and opportunities one could ever wish for, who - in a superficial act - deliberately buy into a loser culture to stand out as unique or rebelious. Some of those who then complain about resistance in finding work. A selfinflicted disability.

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tattoos always end up being ugly except for a few rare cases. tattoos on the arms legs and head are really ugly.

I don't really care about what is or isn't fashionable. I just like what I like whether it is fashionable or not.

It is interesting reading the thread to see how strongly polarised the opinions are; not much opinion in middle.

Here is a tattoo I have. I posted it once before in a "post your tattoos" topic.

I have two yin-yang tattoos to remind myself of balance. A reminder that living through difficulty can bring a deeper appreciation for the good things in life.

I love my tattoos. I have 6. I have never picked any off the wall and they all mean something to me. I can't wait to get another one and am just going through every Calvin and Hobbes cartoon to decide which one and decide on placement. I don't care if they are fashionable or not and they are not generally on display anyway. My husband also has 6 tattoos and again he can't wait to get one. I get tattoo'd for me and not for anyone else.

I never thought of it this way. I don't mind tattoos on people of whichever sex, but now that you make me think of it, I do expect more males to wear tattoos than females.

I like tattoos because I think they're an interesting art form. I appreciate well-done ones. I have one on my left shoulder and I plan on getting more. The pain really isn't too bad. I understand we all have different tolerances, but for me if more tickled than hurt. Afterward it just feels like a bad sunburn for a few days.

I don't like tattoos. Waste of money and permanent damage. Besides, I do think I unfortunately look or come off as odd or weird anyway, I don't want more of it. Maybe it's similar to fashion, I don't get that one either. I'd rather pay for hair removal, smooth skin is nice.

While the idea of smooth unblemished skin is nice I lost that by the end of grade school/early junior high (I got stretch marks ) and I'm mostly over it now. I'm more accepting of scars and some other blemishes now.

The people describing those with tattoos as losers and such need an attitude readjustment. I'd have hoped that in a place like this full of people who are more likely to have been marginalised and looked down upon themselves that there might be a little more understanding or at least attempts at understanding. Casting aspersions on people based on something as trivial as a difference in preference is bigotry pure and simple. To those expressing that particular opinion: i am sorely disappoint.