By David Futrelle
Misogynists really seem to hate women with tattoos. I’ve always assumed that this is because tattooed women don’t exactly fit their fantasy of the demure tradwife hottie who will happily devote her life to making them sandwiches and washing their probably very disgusting underwear. Or maybe, I thought, they’re just intimidated.
But apparently I’m completely wrong about this. Turns out that tattoos on women aren’t a symbol of female agency; they’re a sign that the, er, merchandise has already been sold. To some sort of evil wizard.
That’s the thesis, in any case, of this random dude on the Braincels subreddit, home to Reddit’s increasingly restless “involuntary” celibates.
Well, that makes sense. But wbat about men with tattooes? Sadly, Mr. Concerned-father2 offers no guidance on this subject, so I guess we’ll never know.
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These guys and their pants-on-head moon logic would be non-stop hilarious if they weren’t a self-radicalizing hate group that kills people.
Oh shit! This means I am owned by 3 different artists who’s names I don’t even remember.
I just want to know why all the incel/mra’s/etc hate women with tattoos. Frankly it’s my preference and I want more tattoo inclusion in media dammit.
I have three of them. And it’s funny because this is the exact opposite. So i’m gonna tell the story, slight trigger warning for those because it evolves my sexual assault.
When I was assaulted he left a couple scars on my body that haven’t healed and to me they felt like a brand on my body of it belonging to him and I couldn’t stand that. He took bite out of the inside of my thigh and then on my right side. When I was dealing with it all I started cutting myself and it left a lot of scars on my arms so I covered those scars with a meaningful tattoo and then two pretty ones on my side and inside of my thigh. It was my way of reclaiming my body as my own. Also I didn’t have to look at myself and be reminded what happened to me.
I also have a cute story about my tattoos and one of the little girls I teach to ballet to if anyone is interested in hearing it.
I have questions:
– What if the tattoo artist is a woman?
– If a man gets a tattoo from a female tattoo artist does that mean they are being marked as a slave as well?
– What happens if someone gets tattoos from multiple artists? Do the artist have some secrete black magic tattoo battle for control of their slave?
– Does being in the incel community make these people stupid?
I only know the answer to the last question, and that answer is yes.
I like my tattoo artist better than I like these guys, so win-win.
To answer your questions
-Yes
-Yes
-Please help my incel brain is melting. How does one do anything with multiple people and not sitting in a basement alone?
-Obvously
If they think black magic is real, shouldn’t they be sacrificing goats to Satan to make them more attractive or something equally goofy?
Well, next time my three year old says she wants a tattoo I can confidently say “NO A SORCERER WILL OWN YOU FOREVER; THAT’S HOW THEY GET YOU!”
Well, some ancient Romans did tattoo their slaves as a mark of ownership, and several nazi concentration camps did tattoo the prison numbers onto the arms of prisoners, so tattoos can and have been used as a mark of shame and ownership.
With that said, there are tons of examples of tattoos being just about the opposite. Tribal societies use them as a mark of passage, people like rock-stars and bikers use them as a sign of rebellion against The Man, sailors have used them as a form of mementos of people or places they’ve visited and Ötzi the ice mummy apparently tattooed himself as an attempt to cure rheumatism.
I wonder what would happen if this incel guy were to walk up to a burly gym-bro to tell him the tribal tattoos on his biceps are a sign of submissiveness…
My kids chalked on the driveway, so I had to give it to them.
Because a woman marking her own body or directing her body be marked is claiming ownership of her body.
What kind of uppity b*tch thinks she owns her body?
This seems to be well in line with incel/MRA/PUA mindset.
Blaming the tattoo artist is a new one though. I do tattoos. I didn’t realize I was collecting a harem of slaves. Gah! I can’t handle the sudden onset of responsibility that entails!
The stupid is strong with this one… Points for the creativity of not falling into the usual “chicks with tats are ugly” I guess? Maybe?
I currently have 7, and a few more to come. Only one of them was made by a dude, an then repainted by a different dude. After that I made the conscious choice to only get my ink done by women/nobinaries and most of them were feminist on top of that. Best decision ever.
The last one I did on my left arm and is still healing, it still needs color and I just C A N T wait.
I guess the point I was trying to make is fuck off incels
And what about women who get tattoos from female tattooists?
I wonder what it means when my fiancé gets a tattoo of our daughters name with roses around it.
Years ago I learned to not trust any man who says he hates tattoos on women. I saw some guy say something to the effect of, “Tattoos on women are so awful! It’s like scribbling all over a beautiful canvas!” Just say how you want to control women to look for your boner, pal. The same is true for guys who hate piercings on women.
I’m too much of a wimp to get real tattoos. But what about temporary tattoos or henna? Can I temporarily belong to a printing company or to a henna artist and ward off the incels that way? Inquiring minds need to know.
If so, I may need to start carrying around a little sheet of temporary tattoos in my purse for emergencies.
How would they react to this XKCD?
This is getting really desperate… FINE, you don’t like tattoos on women! Taste is taste! Now stop showing us how religions began in the bronze age and accept that your preferences is not a reflection of some supernatural truth. You’re just a prick!
My best friend’s hubby tatt’ed my semicolon, so this assnugget can just fap himself into an impotent froth again.
@ scanisaurus
Anytime Fitness are pretty cool with rewards and money if you get the logo tattooed; and staff get bonuses if they go for it.
There’s probably an article there.
@ Fujimoto
Oddly enough, this dosn’t just go for women looking too “wild” but also for women looking too conservative as well. You can get just as much shame for being deemed frumpy or told you look sick because you don’t use a bunch of “natural” makeup.
Personally, I always keep my hair tied up because it’s long and I’d hate it hindering me or getting in my face, yet I regularly get people asking me to let it down for the sake of them wanting to see it displayed.
@Scanisaurus
Same! ballerina buns for the win honey!
@Scanisaurus
I’m so sorry. I forgot that you don’t like to be called honey. I didn’t mean to do that and I can’t edit.
Wow. Somebody’s been watching/playing/reading too much media with magic slavery tats, I’ll bet. (it is a surprisingly common trope, lots of people seem to have the same idea)