# Girls, stop getting all of these tattoos, ya look skanky. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 15, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983 "2003-06-15T07:12:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/61 "2003-06-15T16:49:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\* Can you think of any famous beauty that had on obvious tattoo?_\* Angelina Jolie > [@](#): > > **For those of you who say that you do not care what other people think of how you look? Hahaha, bullsh**.\*\* Most people care what other people think to some extent, but I think your opinion doesn’t matter at all to the people who get tattoos. It’s the people they know and love whose opinions matter, and tattoo-ees are probably unlikely to spend time with people who seem as self-righteous and prejudiced as you do. As far as your comment about physical abuse, the only thing that makes me think is that YOU might have been physically abused. See, I’ve been there and as Leonard Cohen once wrote, _I’ve been where you’re hanging, I think I can see how you’re pinned_. In my own journey to recovery from abuse, I breifly became a psycho-pop nazi and thought that everything that applied to me applied to ALL abused people. Of course, I was twenty-one years old at the time and got over that quickly, thankfully. If this is indeed the case with you, then I wish you the best of luck. And please, quit belittling people, especially women. It makes you look skanky. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/62 "2003-06-15T16:49:47Z")
FWIW - my dad - the retired, crusty old army colonel - has 3 tatoos. He’s 65. The look perfectly fine - as clear as they ever were (they’re just plain blue). The thing is, the majority of people - dad included - don’t gain and lose huge amounts of weight in their life - nope, not even with pregnancy - I think 30-40 lbs is average. Human skin can snap back from that pretty quickly - you see lots of women who have children and still have nice flat bellys. My dad lost and gained about 40 lbs when he had major surgery a few years ago. Yep - the tatoos still look fine. Unless someone is planing on gaining and losing huge amounts of weight their tatoos will be just fine. Second, suggesting that any person who gets a tatoo has any sort of emotional problem, whatsoever, is absurd. Yes, I’m speaking as a psychology student. Oh wait - I just checked with my dad (who’s delighted to hear that you called him a skanky ho) - a registered psychologist - yep - that’s total bullshit. The books you linked to apply to a small percentage of the population. That’s it. Finally, none of the women who are getting tatoos are getting them for the viewing pleasure of you **MD**. Trust me, they’re not. Really, this thread was a bad idea. It makes you look like a jackass. **“WOMEN SHOULD GET TATOOS BECAUSE _I_ THINK THEY LOOK SKANKY!!”** Uh huh. Al. Who has no tatoos or facial piercings, whatsoever, and still thinks you look like a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/63 "2003-06-15T16:52:25Z")
I’ve decided to get a tattoo in your honor, **Muad’dib**. I think one of a [bean, beef, and cheese burrito](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=101687&highlight=beef+burrito) would be appropriate, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/64 "2003-06-15T16:54:21Z")
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**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/65 "2003-06-15T16:55:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > \*\*I’ve decided to get a tattoo in your honor, **Muad’dib**. > > I think one of a [bean, beef, and cheese burrito](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=101687&highlight=beef+burrito) would be appropriate, don’t you think? \*\* What does the word thief mean to you, **JavaCakes?** ---
**Author:** ![LogicinMotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@LogicinMotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LogicinMotion)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/66 "2003-06-15T16:57:34Z")
I’m new to this thread, so forgive me if someone has already beaten the crap out of Muad’Dib BUT… Muad’Dib - Who do you think you are? How dare you be so generic in your comments, and then insults? My girlfriend (A Member of this board) has two attractive tattoos. Both are very tasteful, and add something unique to her beauty. She was beautiful without them. She is beautiful with them (Notice I did not say more beautiful. They simply give her a more unique look) Why don’t you take your generic insults, your lack of appreciation for people who have minds that know more freedom than your puritanical trapped mind, and promptly drop dead? I’ll be sure to applaud and ask you for an encore. Logic. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/67 "2003-06-15T16:58:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anahita \* > \*\*What does the word thief mean to you, **JavaCakes?** \*\* I know, I know. I’m a skanky ho. But but but… yours didn’t go through last night! It had to be done! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/68 "2003-06-15T16:59:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > \*\*I’ve decided to get a tattoo in your honor, **Muad’dib**. > > I think one of a [bean, beef, and cheese burrito](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=101687&highlight=beef+burrito) would be appropriate, don’t you think? \*\* **BUWAAHAAHAA!!!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/69 "2003-06-15T17:01:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > Can you think of any famous beauty that had on obvious tattoo? Hrm… from [this site](http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/top100_women_tattoos.htm): > [@](#): > > FHM Magazine published their annual list of the [100 Sexiest Women in the World 2002](http://www.fhmus.com/girls/100sexiest/) as voted on by their readers ( … ) six of the top ten sexiest women in the world have one or more tattoos (sixty percent), twelve of the top twenty sexiest women as voted on by FHM’s readers have a tattoo (sixty percent), fourteen of the top 25 have tattoos (fifty-six percent), 23 out of the top 50 have tattoos (forty-six per cent) and out of the top 100 Sexiest Women 2002 as judged by FHM’s readers, 37 have tattoos And out of those 100, here are the tattooed ones with rank noted: 1. Britney Spears 2. Halle Berry 3. Alyssa Milano 4. Jessica Alba 5. Angelina Jolie 6. Sarah Michelle Gellar 7. Pamela Anderson 8. Jennifer Aniston 9. Tiffani Thiessen 10. Charlize Theron 11. Christina Aguilera 12. Lucy Liu 13. Jenna Jameson 14. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos 15. Jaime Pressly 16. Jenny McCarthy 17. Janet Jackson 18. Catherine Bell 19. Sandra Bullock 20. Jasmine Bleeth 21. Melissa Joan Hart 22. Charisma Carpenter 23. Julia Roberts 24. Alyson Hannigan 25. Drew Barrymore 26. Courtney Cox 27. Holly Marie Combs 28. Gillian Anderson 29. Rose McGowan 30. Gwyneth Paltrow 31. Meg Ryan 32. Aaliyah 33. Pink 34. Kate Hudson 35. Vanessa Marcil 36. Chyna 37. Kelly Ripa ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/70 "2003-06-15T17:08:45Z")
That’s a great list Jet, but I think **Muad’Dib** ’s list has Bea Arthur on top. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/71 "2003-06-15T17:11:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Can you think of any famous beauty that had on obvious tattoo? You probably won’t see many, if any famous beauties with tattoos, that’s true. However, that’s because for actresses an obvious tattoo would be an impediment to playing many roles, and models need to be a ‘blank canvas’ for the stylist to work on. It’s not because they think tattoos are bad things, just because they don’t fit in with their jobs. I totally disagree with the OP’s tone and phrasing. It’s also wrong to try to tell people what to do with their own bodies. All the same, he may be an asshole, but he’s not totally talking out of his ass. Although quite a few middle-class, professional, educated women are getting tattoos now, in the past that wasn’t true. While individuals may buck the statistics, on the whole working-class and underclass women are far more likely to have tattoos than middle-class women.\* That is based on my own personal observations, since I can’t find any cites correlating class/income and tattooing, but I think my observations are valid, at least for the UK. Thus for many people there is a strong association between tattoos and low socioeconomic status. It’s class prejudice. Of course, if you have a tattoo you might not care about the opinions of those prejudiced people, but that doesn’t mean those opinions don’t _exist_, which some people in this thread seem to be saying. And some otherwise quite pleasant people have an unconscious class prejudice; they might be people whose opinions you _do_ care about, like your parents or your boss. I doubt anyone would care about the opinion of some bloke who’d pass them up because of a tattoo though. ‘Men won’t find it attractive’ has never been a good argument for anything. \*in case anyone asks, I’ll take middles class to mean C1 and above, working class C2 and below. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/72 "2003-06-15T17:25:45Z")
**xjetgirlx** - LOL, that makes my argument about ‘famous beauties’ rather tenuous! How many of those tattoos are in really visible places though? One the arms as opposed to the stomach? ---
**Author:** ![mod29](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@mod29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mod29)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/73 "2003-06-15T18:14:33Z")
Tatts on women…don’t like 'em. OK? If you fell the need to get tattoos, by all means knock yourself out. Just think in another 25 years how sexy that faded ink bloob is gonna look. ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/74 "2003-06-15T18:25:13Z")
I got my first tattoo almost 22 years ago and it still looks fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/75 "2003-06-15T18:25:21Z")
I was under the impression, **mod29** , that after any initial fading (i.e. first month), subsequent fading is slim to none. What factual support do you have to back up your claim?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/76 "2003-06-15T18:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mod29 \* > \*\*Just think in another 25 years how sexy that faded ink bloob is gonna look. \*\* Yep, that opinion hasn’t been expressed, nor debunked, in this thread alone, before. Alas, I didn’t know it, but I suppose I’d been saving my “first” for a time just like this one… so here goes. :rolleyes: Ah, I feel better already. Oh, and yeah, when I’m in my nursing home years, I’ll care just how sexy I’m looking on _my friggin’ ankle_ to some uptight 90 year old moron residing next door. Emphasis on uptight. Pffft. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/77 "2003-06-15T18:37:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\*my dad (who’s delighted to hear that you called him a skanky ho) \*\* Oh, but see, it’s only _girls_ who look skanky with tattoos. It’s apparently OK for men to have them. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/78 "2003-06-15T18:41:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*Um…[cough]…I actually agree with the OP. I thik tattoos and body piercings look skanky and retarded. I prefer a natutral look. It’s a matter of personal aesthetics. So sue me. 🆒 \*\* Not cool. You are using retarded as a slur. This does not make you cool at all. It makes you into a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/79 "2003-06-15T18:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \* > \*\*Thanks for pointing that out, **whiterabbit** , but I did include a disclaimer already, though. \*\* :smack: I missed that sentence, I think. The tattoos were quite nice. If I am automatically a skanky ho because of a small tattoo, I really must work on the rest of the look. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983/80 "2003-06-15T18:53:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bandanaman \* > \*\*The beauty of it is, when they’re 80, with those sagging black blemishes all over them, the grandkids will really be proud. \*\* The beauty is, when you’re 80, those sagging blemishes of your thoughts will really make any grandkids you have swell with pride. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-stop-getting-all-of-these-tattoos-ya-look-skanky/181983.md?page=5)