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.
...so the drunk says “I don’t know about those guys on the outside, but the one in the middle looks just like Willie Nelson.”
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That just might be the funniest joke of all time.
LOLOL!
Good question!
tattoos on their lower backs
Might as well be a target!
“As Good As It Gets” (and she definitely ain’t it). I loathe tats on females with a burning passion. You don’t spray graffiti on the Mona Lisa.
I am like the above posts. I don’t care for tattooed women and I don’t like body piercings. Just turns me off.
And I have no idea what that joke means!
But it takes two to tango.
LOL!
I remember an SNL fake commercial years ago regarding some type of Tramp stamp removal gel or something and it hurt like hell.
I was pretty funny.
Was this study paid for by the International Association of Tattoo Artists?
I'm still expecting that African-style lip plates will become popular with American women. It's gonna be the Next Big Thing.
Is this it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aX5zuoT7cU
And the neck rings!
When i see a tat on a god gifted body it’s the worst, I always ask myself what the F were they thinking?
I know the answer of course...
It’s like buyng a $100,000 Lamborghini then slaping bumper stickers all over it.
The worst are the boob tats and the giant angel wings....who the heck are they fooling?
Chicks with tats are like school on Sunday.....NO CLASS!
sorry if i offended any tatted up freeper gals out there...
Low hanging fruit is easier to pick , and they’re not called tramp stamps for nothing.
What about those women with BBs in the face?
And I have no idea what that joke means!
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OK - I built it up too much, so this will likely be a letdown. But i have never failed to get everyone going with this one. Condensed version:
An elderly lady walks into a tat parlor, and says she wants a tat of Elvis on her left front hip (point) and John Lennon on her right front hip (point).
So the artist does his thing, and shows the lady his work in the mirror. She complains, says it doesn’t look anything like them.
They decide to settle it by pulling in a guy off the street to judge. She pulls down her drawers and shows the work, and he says:
“Well that’s Elvis on your left hip, and John Lennon on your right.” He then squints and adds, “And isn’t that Willie Nelson in the middle?”
What you said! I may be older than dirt, but I just think those things look like s##t, especially on women.
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