@astro (astro) posted a new topic, subject "PICTURE GALLERY: Girls With Tattoos". It read:

   Kind of neat! Take a look!
    
    PICTURE GALLERY: Girls With Tattoos

To which @ZipperJJ (ZipperJJ) replied

    I like good ink pictures as much as the next person, but this is why I can't stand to watch local news anymore. “Women have tattoos!” is a news story worthy of a 71-image photo gallery? Please.

To which @twickster (twickster) replied

    **astro** , I'm hoping at some point you'll get tired of starting threads that I close for lack of an OP. “Kind of neat! Take a look!” isn't an OP, it's spam.
    
    If you wish to start a thread about women with tattoos that has an actual point, feel free.
    
    twicks, MPSIMS mod

To which @twickster (twickster) replied

    Reopened due to popular demand.
    
    twickster, MPSIMS moderator

So @ivan_astikov (ivan astikov) replied

    Well, not-so-popular demand, then.
    
    (Nm, I should have waited more than 15 mins before jumping to a conclusion.)

@Snowboarder_Bo (Snowboarder Bo) replied

    Some very good tats there. I kept thinking I'd see a picture of one of my exs.

@BrandonR (BrandonR) replied

    Yuck. Tattoos on females are one of the worst abominations ever to the female body, right above Botox and Ugg boots.

Then @Anamorphic (Anamorphic) said

    BrandonR:
    
    > Yuck. Tattoos on females are one of the worst abominations ever to the female body, right above Botox and Ugg boots.
    
    I could not possibly disagree more.

To which @Cat_Whisperer (Cat Whisperer) replied

    I was watching a show called “Plastic Makes Perfect” and they mentioned in this show that tattoos on women is a form of body dysmorphic disorder similar to cutting - the more tattoos a woman has, the lower her self-esteem. I thought that was interesting. Also, tattooed men like tattooed women. They didn't get into whether untattooed men like tattooed women, unfortunately.

After which, @BrotherCadfael (BrotherCadfael) added

    Yuck. I don't even like tattoos on Abby Sciuto.

So @ToeJam (ToeJam) replied

    Cat_Whisperer:
    
    > They didn't get into whether untattooed men like tattooed women, unfortunately.
    
    Perhaps you should make a poll about it?  
    I (un-tattooed) don't mind tatoos on a female as long as they're small- sleeves or fully back ones aren't my bag really.

To which @Anamorphic (Anamorphic) replied

    Cat_Whisperer:
    
    > Also, tattooed men like tattooed women. They didn't get into whether untattooed men like tattooed women, unfortunately.
    
    I'm just one person, hardly a statistic, but I'm un-tattooed, have no real desire to get one, and I think tattoos on women can be very, very sexy.

Then @mhendo (mhendo) said

    BrandonR:
    
    > Yuck. Tattoos on females are one of the worst abominations ever to the female body, right above Botox and Ugg boots.
    
    Agree about Botox and Ugg boots; disagree about tatts.
    
    For me, though, tattoos on women are really only sexy and appealing if they're “proper” tattoos like some of the ones in the OP's link. Every second twenty-something woman these days has a little tattoo in the small of her back, or on her ankle, and i find those pretty lame. But when a woman goes to the trouble to get some real tattoos done, i think it often looks sexy as hell.
    
    ETA: I'm a guy, with no tattoos. My wife doesn't have any either.

@Idlewild (Idlewild) replied

    Cat_Whisperer:
    
    > I was watching a show called “Plastic Makes Perfect” and they mentioned in this show that tattoos on women is a form of body dysmorphic disorder similar to cutting - the more tattoos a woman has, the lower her self-esteem. I thought that was interesting. Also, tattooed men like tattooed women. They didn't get into whether untattooed men like tattooed women, unfortunately.
    
    That seems like a massive assumption to make. On what were they basing it? I have two tattoos, I just got the second one last month. I have an extremely good body image, and I see no reason not to decorate it.
    
    As for guys without tattoos liking tattooed women, my husband doesn't have any ink but he's thrilled with mine. Which is nice, but not really essential. The tattoo is for me. That it's aesthetically pleasing to him is a bonus.

Then @aruvqan (aruvqan) said

    BrandonR:
    
    > Yuck. Tattoos on females are one of the worst abominations ever to the female body, right above Botox and Ugg boots.
    
    I dont mind tattoos, it is the facial piercings that bother me … [well ok, and the idea of genital piercing :eek:]

@Mahna_Mahna (Mahna Mahna) replied

    Cat_Whisperer:
    
    > I was watching a show called “Plastic Makes Perfect” and they mentioned in this show that tattoos on women is a form of body dysmorphic disorder similar to cutting - the more tattoos a woman has, the lower her self-esteem. I thought that was interesting. Also, tattooed men like tattooed women. They didn't get into whether untattooed men like tattooed women, unfortunately.
    
    Did the same program suggest that tattooed men have similar issues with self-esteem? Seems like a rather sexist conclusion, IMO.
    
    Anyway, not that I can stand against a bastion of reputable scientific journalism like “Plastic Makes Perfect”, but I can tell you that a lack of self-esteem had nothing to do with my decision to get a tattoo. Like my ear piercings and my nose stud, I got it because it looks pretty. Simple as that. I'll probably even get a couple more someday, when and if I find a design I like enough to wear permanently.
    
    Oh, and my un-tattooed BF likes it (as did the many other un-tattooed boys I dated before him).

@Rysdad (Rysdad) replied

    If this was set up as some kind of a poll, my answers to the following categories would be:
    
    Tattoos on females  
    Ok, I guess, but a full-body, psychedelic, Japanese, art-deco mural is too much.
    
    Nose piercing  
    Oh, fuck, no.
    
    Tongue piercing  
    Jutht making a thtatement?
    
    Genital piercing  
    Kinda cool, but better you than me.

@Cat_Whisperer (Cat Whisperer) replied

    Well, we're not likely to have a bunch of people coming in here and proclaiming that they got ink done because of their low self-esteem, are we? 
    
    Yeah, “Plastic Makes Perfect” is hardly a science show, but a quick Google study shows that there may indeed be a link between self-esteem and tattooing. I'm curious about the link between men, tattooing and self-esteem, too.

So @Covered_In_Bees (Covered_In_Bees!) replied

    Tattoos look like utter shit no matter who they're on. The drab colors of ink look more akin to accidental blobs that happened to have the face of the last person you were fucking instead of looking like an intentional portrait of your latest love.
    
    Red and white can look good on people's skin, but any other color is going to look like a 10 year-old kid with a marker ran amok on you.

@Unintentionally_Blank (Unintentionally Blank) replied

    Covered_In_Bees:
    
    > Tattoos look like utter shit no matter who they're on. The drab colors of ink look more akin to accidental blobs that happened to have the face of the last person you were fucking instead of looking like an intentional portrait of your latest love.
    > 
    > Red and white can look good on people's skin, but any other color is going to look like a 10 year-old kid with a marker ran amok on you.
    
    Shows what you know, white's one of the ‘marginal' colors that doesn't always work out.

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