Faith based tattoo question

[farouk]

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[farouk]

On 2/19/2024 at 1:06 PM, Renskedejonge said:

 Women always want to look nice. Imagine those poor peahens, always boring brown...

@Renskedejonge Yes, well, I really don't think it has to be a flamboyant thing.

It's not unusual for a somewhat more mature lady to be keen to be tattooed but in a an understated, low key way:

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( cc @Scott Free You were wondering about psychology; NConly recently said: "Well I have seen many women over 50 with tats many teens with tats, the other day I saw a Mennonite Lady with a tat" NConly is right; and it's done by the most conservative of recipients.)

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[farouk]

Thanks, @Renskedejonge, for the 'like'; I guess you would agree that there is a quiet dignity about the lady in the photo having had something faith based machined in that is tiny, visible and unobtrusive.

[farouk]

"Well I have seen many women over 50 with tats many teens with tats, the other day I saw a Mennonite Lady with a tat"

@NConly

You're right. In some areas getting tattooed has become established among women as something that's just done, that the most conservative of women might wholeheartedly participate in naturally.

Conservative women are not necessarily going to feel inhibited from getting tattooed.

A bit like the sheer amount of fathers and sons in some areas for whom piercing their ears has been established as something that is just done, including by those of a conservative outlook.

Conservative men are not necessarily going to feel inhibited from piercing their ears.

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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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You would probably concur (?).

[farouk]

"The term ear[th]ly in scripture simply means someone not done for God's glory. A tattoo can certainly be for God's glory, therefore not all tattoos are earthly."

@TrueFollowerOfChrist

It's clear that some tattoos radiate wholesomeness and modesty. And that faith based ones are often sought with a quiet confidence, without reservation.

 

 

 

 

 

It's very likely that the procedures that produced these examples would have been sought with a quiet confidence, without reservation

[Scott Free]

On 2/19/2024 at 7:52 PM, farouk said:

It's not unusual for a somewhat more mature lady to be keen to be tattooed but in a an understated, low key way:

 That is both adorable and admirable.

[farouk]

Hi @Scott Free I think it's clear that in some areas for male or female it's really about expecting to express the quiet fact that one is now an adult.

FYI:

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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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[Scott Free]

5 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @Scott Free I think it's clear that in some areas for male or female it's really about expecting to express the quiet fact that one is now an adult.

Males do seem to favor the intimidation factor more. My best friend is a hardcore biker. He tattooed the names of his Christian brothers as rings around his fingers. I got a tattoo at thirteen, but removed it when I was saved. My tattoo is a scar constantly reminding me of where I came from.

[farouk]

24 minutes ago, Scott Free said:

 That is both adorable and admirable.

@Scott Free Whether 'adorable' or not, it's hugely evident that tattoo parlors have to face the fact that there is very strong demand from the most conservative of clients (whose parlor appointments are often driven by faith and family theme motivations):

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Heavenhome said:

My dear Dad had two tattoos but that was from his navy days.
I have noticed however that lots of young girls have them and what is really noticeable is a huge amount are women say around their sixties .

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"...Most of my clients are in the older bracket," Gallo-Kohlas told The Huffington Post. "We see a lot of women in their sixties and seventies getting their first tattoos."
Many Women Get Tattoos Post 50 ? And Don't Regret It Later huffington post

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It's hard for anyone to deny the very widespread existence of the mature female tattoo motivation demographic.

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[farouk]

On 2/22/2024 at 12:39 PM, Scott Free said:

Males do seem to favor the intimidation factor more. My best friend is a hardcore biker. He tattooed the names of his Christian brothers as rings around his fingers.

@Scott Free Interesting comment.

But regarding women as opposed to men (the subject of your comment), there's overwhelming evidence - at least, anecdotally - that it has absolutely nothing to do with intimidation. For example, nursing as a demographic seems actually and rather evidently to have become almost 100% tattooed.

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Anne2 said: "my daughter there.. A nurse .. also tattooed, very discreetly though."

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At this point- honestly it’s almost a requirement. Every single one of my coworkers is tattooed. reddit dot com

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juliannenw said:

I am a nurse in a cardiac ICU. I am also pretty heavily tattooed. I am a well educated, well rounded nurse, and was raised with strong morals and manners. .. I am an extremely traditional person.

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BluegrassRN said:

We have several nurses (including myself) who have visible tattoos; one gal has them on her wrists. ...I've had a few wives tell me of their husbands' tattoos after seeing mine. It's such a sweet, intimate, bonding moment, and I feel so privileged allnurses dot com

 

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So, nothing to do with intimidation and seemingly a lot to do with using one's ink as an ice breaker among patients and their families and - for the Christian nurses - even as a witness tool. So you can see how for the 18 year old starting nursing training and obtaining the nurse's uniform might well as an expectation be interwoven with spending at least a short while in a tattoo parlor.