Do you think chicks are getting tattoos at a much higher rate than men because they only want bad boys to be interested?

[Vanderdonck]

True, but you can ask yourself what sort of decisions people would make if the opposite gender disappeared, or all people disappeared. Would anyone care that much about their appearance anymore? Would people still care about tats if the entire world disappeared?

Fair question. I have often thought that sex was the ultimate motivator.

But the more I've gotten to know myself the more I've done things to please me. Would I still dress nicely and cut my hair, shave, etc? Most likely because I enjoy looking good.

 

[HaleyBaron]

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my opinion: Tattoos were originally invented as a form of heraldry, so that folks could identify their tribe/comrades - similar to the way my chevalier ancestors had the family herald on their shields & horses. In a way, these chicks are telling the world, "I am a bad boy's woman".

It's OVER for PureSkinCels.

Who knows. I just hate tattoos on women in general and it seems the culture of it is only getting worse with them encouraging it. Makes me sick.

 

[FlexpertHamilton]

Fair question. I have often thought that sex was the ultimate motivator.

But the more I've gotten to know myself the more I've done things to please me. Would I still dress nicely and cut my hair, shave, etc? Most likely because I enjoy looking good.

I have started to wonder if claiming we do things "for ourselves" is always an honest statement. Some things surely are, such as taking care of your health because it makes you feel good and be more engaged in the world. Even volunteering at a soup kitchen can indeed be "for yourself" because it help you feel grateful and decrease self-absorption. But it seems like there are many cases where people won't admit to doing certain things out of a desire for social approval and status, even though it's evolutionary hardwired and perfectly natural to want it. For instance I suspect that the majority of men who get heavily into bodybuilding/aesthetics do so to impress other men or attract women, nothing more (and there's nothing wrong with that). And surely there are men who buy nice cars for the status, even if they genuinely enjoy the car, to pretend it was 100% for "them" is hard to believe.

You can once again ask yourself any time you do a behavior, if you were the last man on earth, would you still do it? Do you really believe if someone was the last person on Earth (and was otherwise psychologically healthy), they would still maintain their hair/facial hair, dress sharp, and take care of their overall appearance? I'm not settled on this myself, but I see this "for myself" claim more and more (especially from women) and I am becoming increasingly skeptical.

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

Who knows. I just hate tattoos on women in general and it seems the culture of it is only getting worse with them encouraging it. Makes me sick.

That's it? No graphic description of projectile vomiting on tatted women?

I mean, I don't like botox and cosmetic surgery, but I don't 'hate' botox or the women who get that shyte injected. And there's a lot more cosmetic surgery going on, but I find myself kinda indifferent, not 'sick'.

You might want to practice some emotional detachment, especially from issues that are not really your concern. Why care about tatted women if you don't date tatted women? I don't date fat women, but what do I care if there are women who become obese?