# Tattoos on Females **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690 "2004-05-05T19:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/21 "2004-05-05T21:01:24Z")
Really? O well. I’ve only seen the one, so I thought it was kinda unique. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/22 "2004-05-05T21:05:09Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > I dislike tattoos that have that aren’t-I-_so_-cool-with-my-trendy-skin-ink look to them. Loathe them, in fact. Those look like ass. A few months ago a young fellow (20-21 years old) I met was showing off the huge new “Korn” tattoo he’d just gotten on his forearm. Getting a tattoo of the name of a band? Gee, that oughtta look awful cool ten years from now… ---
**Author:** ![oioithatsyerlot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9d8465/32.png) [@oioithatsyerlot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oioithatsyerlot)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/23 "2004-05-05T21:08:12Z")
Phase42: Yeah, I laughed the first couple times I saw it. But I can’t imagine getting a joke tattoo - I mean, do you know any jokes that are still funny the 100th time you hear it? Why etch one into your skin? ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/24 "2004-05-05T21:12:05Z")
My tattoo is just above my tailbone. (around navel height, I guess) I got it there cause it’s the only place that a) won’t stretch too much if I get fat or pregnant b) will never be visible unless I want it to be, no matter what I’m wearing. (okay, except a bathing suit) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/25 "2004-05-05T21:17:15Z")
> [@oioithatsyerlot](#): > > Phase42: Yeah, I laughed the first couple times I saw it. But I can’t imagine getting a joke tattoo - I mean, do you know any jokes that are still funny the 100th time you hear it? Why etch one into your skin? I once knew a guy who got a tattoo of a rooster in a noose on his calf. That way he could tell people he had a cock that hung below his knee. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/26 "2004-05-05T21:44:45Z")
> [@Phase42](#): > > Seriously, though, I can’t wait for this fad of a big, elaborate tattoo just above a girl’s butt to go away. I love the graceful curve from the small of a woman’s back to her buttocks, and I think those tattoos rudely interrupt that curve. I was gonna mention those! I dont particularly like 'em either, and nearly all of the time it does, indeed, mar the aesthetic appeal. But sometimes it at the same time it increases their attractiveness, if they are a marginally “wild and crazy”-seeming person. But on an introvert it looks weird and on an already out there person it doesnt add to the idiosyncratic exotic attraction. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/27 "2004-05-05T22:11:46Z")
I am not a fan of tattoos in general and certainly more is not better. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/28 "2004-05-05T22:22:35Z")
I work with a girl who has the DNA helix tatooed going up her spine starting above her tailbone. Personally, I think it’s totally cool - not only is the shape of it flattering to spine shape, but it’s something unusual that has meaning to her - FWIW I work on a scientific research floor. I’m a girl, and in general I think tatoos are fine - big nasty “BIKE TO HELL” ones with a skeleton on a motorcycle are somewhat less appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/29 "2004-05-05T22:33:35Z")
Can I just offer this one piece of advice to any girl seeking a tattoo in the next few years? Ahem. **If you have tribal art tattooed on the small of your back because you think it looks cool, you are officially a douche.** The good news is, you will have LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of company. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/30 "2004-05-05T22:41:19Z")
Very sexy! But, not words. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/31 "2004-05-05T22:51:20Z")
My problem with tattoos are aesthetic, not moral (I don’t think tattoos make people look like “white trash,” unless it’s a skull with flames coming out of its eyes). My caveats are: 1. Most people do not have good taste. I have a few friends (hi, **Oxy**!) with tasteful, artistically interesting tattoos. But, look at your friends’ choices in, say, artwork. Clothes. TV shows. Favorite movies. Now, what’s the chance of them choosing a tattoo that’s not gag-inducing? 2. Permanence. Can you imagine wearing the same pair of earrings for the next 50 years? The same pair of shoes, or same color of lipstick? Then why on earth would you choose the most permanent of accessories, one that you may very well be sick to death of in a year or two or five? Get a temporary tattoo. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/32 "2004-05-05T22:56:34Z")
Well, since you asked for it, here’s one guy’s opinion: tattoos are never an improvement over bare skin. They range from looking downright ugly to just out-of-place. They spoil the beauty of a bare leg or back or whatever. And the fact that they’re permenant creeps me out. But of course, it’s a matter of taste. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/33 "2004-05-05T22:59:27Z")
I personally think they detract from the natural beauty of the female body, but hey it’s your body, your right, your choice. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/34 "2004-05-05T23:06:39Z")
I’m a 34 year old woman and I got my one & only tattoo a couple of years ago - I wouldn’t say it has a lot of meaning per se, but it’s very pretty and it’s in a very private place (right over my sternum). I wanted it there because I get to choose who sees it and who doesn’t (unless I’m wearing a really low cut top). Every guy I know who has seen it or just been told about it, thinks it’s very sexy and cool. ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/35 "2004-05-05T23:20:44Z")
I’m a 32-year-old male and I love just about any tattoo anywhere on a woman. The more, the merrier! Yes, even those freakish women covered from head to toe look good to me, but any ink is good ink. I don’t have any myself, nor do I have any piercings, but I love 'em on women. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/36 "2004-05-05T23:49:44Z")
Male Speaking: I personally dont lie tattoos. the reason is that they are permanent, and I can’t decide on any thing that will be permanently cool. On women, small, discreet ones are ok, but not the large ones. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/37 "2004-05-06T00:47:29Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > 1. Permanence. Can you imagine wearing the same pair of earrings for the next 50 years? The same pair of shoes, or same color of lipstick? Then why on earth would you choose the most permanent of accessories, one that you may very well be sick to death of in a year or two or five? Get a temporary tattoo. I have been wearing the same earrings for 9 years, and still have and wear shoes I bought in high school. I am not a girly-girl. I like my tattoos. Each of them is somewhere they can be covered up if they need to be. I love each and every one of them. They all mean something to me. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/38 "2004-05-06T00:48:12Z")
Tattoos on girls are definitely hot. Especially the ones on the lower back. As for too many… it depends. Personally I’m not a big fan on full sleeve tattoos on women… (or men either, for that matter) but some people can pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/39 "2004-05-06T01:14:48Z")
There was a tattoo parlor a few doors down from the last restaurant I cooked in. One of our regular customers, a nearly 70-year-old woman, just for the hell of it, trotted on down there. She came back a couple hours later with a small portrait of Tom Jones tattooed on her calf. It was her very first tattoo - she really thought it was a hoot 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690/40 "2004-05-06T02:50:49Z")
I have just one. Fairly small, inconspicuous, and very meaningful to me. I may get a second one, but I’m being very picky about what I’m going to get and where I’m going to get it. Tattoos are very personal, IMO. They reflect the person wearing them. Remember that you’re going to have to stick with this choice; it’s permanent. Best part about my tat: my sweetie thinks it’s sexy as all hell. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoos-on-females/243690.md?page=3)