Females. If you were getting a piercing, or tattoo in your private area, would you prefer a female?

Um, I can’t imagine ever wanting to do that. But if I were, I’d look for the most competent artist I could afford with the best reputation. The artist’s sex or gender would not factor into the decision.

If the person acts like a professional, I don’t care. I have a very private tattoo, the inker was a skeezy looking guy, but he was very professional, so no big.
Considering the content of your last few questions, @MrGrimm888, I can only hope you are in none of these professions.

Uugh…. They’re all connected questions. I ruined @Dutchess_III ‘s thread. So I was trying to draw attention to what I opined away from her.

You didn’t ruin the thread!

I can’t imagine ever doing that, but for the sake of argument I’ll throw out that it’s law now that a female nurse be present for a well woman check performed by a male, because there have been sexual assaults committed by male doctors. If the best artist was a male, I would prefer that a female also be present.

^Thanks @Dutchess_III . That’s the type of insight I was actually looking for.

But I ain’t gettin any a those! Not there!

You said ‘if the best artist was a male, I’d prefer a female also to be present. ’

That’s what I’m going for here.

With these 3 threads I’m hoping to uncover what motivates our trust of the other gender, and how we view each gender in society.

<makes joke about Barry Manilow inking a woman’s Bermuda Triangle then runs away giggling>

My daughter works as a body piercer in San Francisco, at Cold Steele. She gets a lot of business from women and men who prefer a woman doing the stabbing delicate work on the delicate parts.

^There’s one.

I think he was referring to style, not sex.

Never a tattoo and certainly never by a man. Tattoos change a lot when you age. Plus, Ive read you get sick and tired of looking at them but can’t remove them. The ones on women’s’ legs look like dirt at a distance. I just don’t get it.
The craziest thing I’ve heard of is an old lady who was a friend of mine said a male relative of hers got a smiley face tattooed on his forehead in the center. Nice for a job interview.

I like my tattoo guy. I’ve known him since he was an apprentice. I wouldn’t want to switch to someone else at this point. I like that all of my ink has his style even as my individual tattoos have different looks / themes.

Just FYI, @Aster, the oldest of my six tattoos is 39, and I still like it. And most of the people I know with old ink still like it. And also, FYI, they are removable. But do keep expressing your disapproval. And let me know when it’s my turn. ;-)

I still love my ink, a couple of decades after getting my first piece. I wish I’d started earlier.

My hubby’s biggest complaint about his tattoos is that his artist passed away before they finished his back piece. It doesn’t look unfinished because he was brilliant, but the full vision will never be realised.

@canidmajor do you have a link saying they’re removable? All I’ve ever seen are some links that say , for a lot of money and pain , you can fade them.
But I’m glad you still like yours 39 years later. I hope you’re not tired of them in another 39 years.

@Aster, here ya go.

I doubt I’ll be tired of them in another 39 years, as I didn’t get them for anybody else’s edification. The ones that you think look “dirty” may be very meaningful to those people, and they may not be as judgmental of others’ choices as you are.

I saw a spot once where they’re using tattoos for cosmetic types of surgery, not just for art. Like, tattooing a burn victims scars so it matches the rest of their skin. That was super cool.

@Dutchess_III “I can’t imagine ever doing that, but for the sake of argument I’ll throw out that it’s law now that a female nurse be present for a well woman check performed by a male, because there have been sexual assaults committed by male doctors. If the best artist was a male, I would prefer that a female also be present.”

Well a sexual assault is very unlikely (I won’t say impossible, but unlikely) in a tattoo parlor. These places tend to be big open rooms with each artist having their own cubicle. There may be a half-curtain or screen that can be pulled across for a bit privacy, but you won’t be in a closed room away from everyone else and pretty much everybody in the place can hear what everybody else is doing.

There has been a lot of local coverage of nipple/aerola tattoos lately.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.3800033/facebook-bans-technician-who-tattoos-nipples-and-areolas-for-breast-cancer-survivors-1.3800040

Docs can do these tattoos in Ontario and be covered by OHIP. There’s a big campaign to have the tattoos done by tattoo artists instead – the surgeons sure haven’t studied tattooing and want the coverage moved to professionals.

@canidmajor “judgmental of others’ choices” sounds ridiculous. If you painted your house purple and I said I thought it looked awful I’d be judgmental of your choices? No; I’d be expressing my God given right to say I don’t like it. Freedom of speech. If you covered your entire face with tattoos and piercings and I said it scared me to look at you would I be judgmental of your choices? What should I say to be politically correct? “I love your face like that. You look so unique and attractive.” If you asked my opinion and I didn’t answer would you call that acceptance? I’d call it rude.

@canidmajor Here ya go: Expensive and very painful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlX4PgDT-MI
Maybe it’s worth it for the beauty they bring?

A man any day, that way I can flash my rose petal at him and see the torment on his face, much like the torment on mine as he drills away. With his tattoo whatsit of course.

Oh, @Aster, now you’re just being silly and overblown. You come on a thread full of tattooed people, climb on your high, self-righteous horse, make snide statements (some erroneous) then get upset when I respond. Make a rude remark, fine. I claim the “God given right” to respond in kind.
Definitely don’t get a tattoo. The difference between people with tattoos and people without is that we don’t care if you do or don’t, but people without seem to care a LOT that we do.

And your YouTube video notwithstanding, my point was simply that they are removable.

I just love that “they change a lot when you age” argument. It’s utterly hilarious.

Like any of us are going to die at 85 years old with perfect skin and the tits of a sorority girl because we didn’t get a tattoo.

When I’m 85 (assuming I do live that long) I imagine I’ll have slightly more pressing concerns than how my tattoos look at that point.