Starting to see a trend
Posted by Kenzi on May 3, 2001 at 16:09:46:
In reply to: Re: Tattoo rant.. posted by Willowhawk on May 3, 2001 at 14:26:31:
Reading all these postings I noticed a distinct trend. All the peoplehere who posted saying that they have tattoos AND do henna are women.
And these women were "attacked" or "challenged" by male tattoo
artists. This leads me to believe that the tattoo vs. henna thing is
all about macho attitudes, looking down one's nose at the tradition
that doesn't require a belt of whiskey and nerves of steel. I have
found the same thing in my henna work; I talk to lots of tattooed
women who love henna but the tattooed men feel they have to argue with
me and challenge me. At one fair I was approached by a lot of older
men; for some reason they were all ex-merchant marine or ex-navy.
They all had the dancing girl/sword through the heart tattoos from
their youth. Most of them were fascinated with henna and most said
that they regretted getting their tattoos. I got to see their tattoos
and they had not aged as well as the men...most were blurry to the
point of being indistinct and they looked a little strange on droopy
liver-spotted skin.
That's the great thing about henna: because it's the same color as
liver spots, you can incorporate the spots into the ov
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