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On the Beach, Men Are More Likely to Approach a Tattooed Woman
Smithsonian.com ^ | 23MAY2013 | Unknown

Posted on 05/26/2013 7:52:47 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

There are a lot of reasons to think twice before getting something permanently drawn on your body. One is that people still treat those with tattoos differently than those without. One recent study, for instance, looked at how men treat women with tattoos. What they found was that men are more likely to approach a woman with a tattoo and more likely to expect a date or sex with that woman.

Here’s how the study worked. Researchers had women place temporary tattoos on their lower backs and sent them to a well-known beach. The women were instructed to lay on the beach reading a book, staying on their stomachs so that the tattoo was visible. There were two parts to this study. In the first one, once the woman was in place, researchers watched and counted how many men approached her. In the second, once the woman assumed her position, a male researcher walked around the beach and asked random men whether they would be willing to “respond to three questions about a girl somewhere on the beach.” Every single man they approached said yes.

Here’s how the researchers summarized their results:

Two experiments were conducted. The first experiment showed that more men (N = 220) approached the tattooed confederates and that the mean latency of their approach was quicker. A second experiment showed that men (N = 440) estimated to have more chances to have a date and to have sex on the first date with tattooed confederates.

Interestingly, the study did refute an earlier finding about women with tattoos. In 2007, researchers from the University of Liverpool showed that men rated women with tattoos as physically less attractive, but sexually more promiscuous than those without. In this study, researchers found that physical attractiveness—as rated by the men on the beach who agreed to answer questions about the woman—wasn’t impacted by the tattoo. Another study in 2005 also found that tattoos don’t change attractiveness, but do negatively impact a person’s credibility, regardless of their gender.

So tattoos might not be bad for picking up dudes at the beach, but they might impact what those dudes think of you in the long run.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beauty; carnyrubes; circusescapees; easy; genderwars; napl; psychology; sex; tattoo; trampstamp; women
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To: mowowie

“Yea, that chinese symbol is really deep man, wow i’m reallly impressed...”

Ya gotta read http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com a blog devoted to how bad those are. As in “the stupid, it burns” bad.


141 posted on 05/27/2013 4:29:47 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Such “discrete” tats mean another man has been there, graffiti tagged the spot, and she had to pay him to do it.


142 posted on 05/27/2013 4:33:01 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: ctdonath2

“Yea, that chinese symbol is really deep man, wow i’m reallly impressed...”

Ya gotta read http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com a blog devoted to how bad those are. As in “the stupid, it burns” bad.”

i am laughing pretty bad right now lol


143 posted on 05/27/2013 4:43:20 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Jack Hydrazine

144 posted on 05/27/2013 4:49:20 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Slings and Arrows

145 posted on 05/27/2013 5:42:20 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: csvset

Did they look like this?
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/


146 posted on 05/27/2013 6:26:14 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Moonman62

LOL!


147 posted on 05/27/2013 6:28:32 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: Travis McGee
Same here. To me it is equivilent to painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa.
148 posted on 05/27/2013 6:37:20 AM PDT by saminfl
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To: mowowie

IMO, and speaking of first hand knowledge, tattoo’s are like an old calendar with pictures that can never be changed.

The stupid idiots that completely cover their bodies including their faces with “tatts”, are only looking for attention. When I see someone with that much ink coverage, I look away in disgust.


149 posted on 05/27/2013 6:40:06 AM PDT by DaveA37 (I'm for HONEST government)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I believe the figure I saw was 40% of people under the age of 40 have tattoos


150 posted on 05/27/2013 6:49:50 AM PDT by representativerepublic (...loose lips, sink ships)
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To: Perdogg

A pretty sorry economy when women can only make a living using their face as targets for bb gun practice.


151 posted on 05/27/2013 8:32:09 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: JoeProBono

Doesn’t she realize those contact lenses are just rediculous?


152 posted on 05/27/2013 9:52:04 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Just for the record, asking a tattooed woman if you can “dot her eye” doesn’t get very good results. Try a different line.


153 posted on 05/27/2013 10:19:17 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

I’ll remember that!


154 posted on 05/27/2013 10:24:25 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: martin_fierro

How. Did. You. Find. That.


155 posted on 05/27/2013 10:42:51 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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To: mowowie

yea it was one of the funnier ones.
Jack found the vid clip in post 52.


Thanks. That’s the one..


156 posted on 05/28/2013 9:02:16 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Perdogg
those tramp stamps can be deciphered once you put on beer goggles.

They all say the same thing:

"Insert penis below."

157 posted on 05/29/2013 12:00:28 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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