Faith based tattoo question

[farouk]

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[farouk]

22 minutes ago, Renskedejonge said:

Ah yes I think so too. No my mom is 88. She's not into tattoos.

@Renskedejonge Yes, well in some Bible Belt families it's the expected thing to do.

Like, parents to their 17 / 18 year olds: "So when are you coming to have your shoulder blades done? I'll go make the appointment to get inked up, when you say."

As per the quote I already mentioned:

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..in the rural Bible Belt. Just about every person in three of the four sides of my family (bio parents, step parents) have multiple tattoos. Most of them are biblical (crosses between the shoulder blades are the most common ones) getting tattoos when your old enough is pretty much expected in the family.

source: reddit

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It really does depend on families and the area that ppl live, to a considerable extent.

[farouk]

@Scott Free

"John 3:16, the most beautiful thought ever written. How could she regret that kind of tattoo?"

It is undoubtedly true that the ppl who used to get tattooed many years back would have been (most male) sailors and bikers.

But it's also undoubtedly true now - and for a long time already - that so many women seem to regard it as an honor - with faith or family theme motivations - to have their dermis quietly ruptured in the tattoo parlor in pursuit of permanently expressing those motivations.

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GillDouglas said:

My wife has talked about this possibility, but she has said she'd have a hard time deciding what to put permanently on her body. She has been urged by other military spouses to get one.

christianforums dot com

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Paula Castle took up tattooing after being made redundant from a sales job ..."I really did not want to do it. ...But I’m a bit of an all or nothing person so I said ‘yes’ and really pushed myself and I’ve not stopped...About 97% of my clients are female and that is universal across the board."

James McCarthy, Mirror dot co dot uk

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So while it used to be mainly sailors and bikers that would have it done, it's clear that now so many women simply can't wait to get inside a tattoo parlor in order to give unregretted expression to those faith and family motivations. (I'm sure you would concur with the factual basis of this.)

 

[Scott Free]

1 minute ago, farouk said:

to have their dermis quietly ruptured in the tattoo parlor in pursuit of permanently expressing those motivations

Ha,ha. Yes, how can we judge. I would be more impressed if it was obviously tattooed across her heart. This is a beauty that can not be expressed with words. A true honor to behold.

[farouk]

On 2/14/2024 at 2:57 PM, Renskedejonge said:

PS: @Renskedejonge

It's been noted statistically that in North America even more women than men are likely to get tattooed.

Concurrently, so many women seem accustomed to their husbands and sons piercing their ears:

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FYI:

Chellz84 said:

My husband has both his ears pierced. Where I live Hartford CT. It is extreamly common for a guy to have both his ears pierced. I've been working in the school system for 5yrs. And I can't tell you how many.. boys have both their ears pierced along with most Dads that come in.

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Tattooing and ear piercing seem to be established customs that are done naturally by men and women alike.

cc @Scott Free

[Scott Free]

Just now, farouk said:

It's been noted statistically that in North America even more women than men are likely to get tattooed.

Interesting, I now wonder what the psychology that drives so many woman to get tattoos is.

[farouk]

On 2/19/2024 at 12:40 PM, Scott Free said:

Interesting, I now wonder what the psychology that drives so many woman to get tattoos is.

@Scott Free Well, it's come full circle. Among Victorian ladies in the 19th century it was apparently regarded as a rather classy and lady-like thing to do:

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"Surprisingly, one of the major resurgences of interest in tattoos in Europe occurred among 19th century high society Victorian women (as well as men), after British explorers .. brought back the practice to Britain. .. grew during the 19th century, and even Winston Churchill’s mother had a tattoo .. on her wrist. Queen Victoria was also believed to have had a tattoo.. . From Victorian Europe...to America. In 1897, (art critic, Margot) Miffin says that an estimated 75% of American society women were tattooed.."
(Black Fire: Women, Tattoos, and the Transformative Power of Body Art )

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So when a Christian young woman today aspires to have her wrist shot through with a Bible reference inking, it's something that apparently relates historically to a quite widespread practice in the 19th century.

( cc @Thewhitedove This might be relevant to your interest some while ago.)

Edited February 22, 2024 by farouk

[RdJ]

22 minutes ago, Scott Free said:

Interesting, I now wonder what the psychology that drives so many woman to get tattoos is.

 Women always want to look nice. Imagine those poor peahens, always boring brown, while he's stealing the show.

[Scott Free]

20 minutes ago, farouk said:

Well, it's come full circle. Among Victorian ladies in the 19th century it was apparently regarded as a rather classy and lady-like thing to do:

True, seems like the apprehension comes from the Torah which forbids tattoos. It would be silly to arbitrary impose that without implementing the other 612 laws. If we are talking about trying to please God.

[farouk]

10 minutes ago, Renskedejonge said:

 Women always want to look nice. Imagine those poor peahens, always boring brown, while he's stealing the show.

@Renskedejonge Well, I guess that some Christian parents would see a sensible strategy if their son seemed to want pierced ears to take him to the jeweler and have some unobtrusive studs put in; and if their 18 year old son or daughter wanted a Bible verse tattoo, just be glad s/he wanted something faith-based. (A kind of matter-of-fact approach.)