Visibly tattoo woman wonders....

I say with my defiant fist in the air, to any visibly tattooed man (male) who is trying to get a job, just think how much harder it is for a visibly tattooed woman. Although I like to think that stereotypes don't exsist anymore, we all know that is just not true. To be a tattooed woman is hard, to be a visibly tattooed woman is harder. It is a life changing decision/event to get your first visible tattoo as a woman. You must deal with the whole world looking at you differently. You must choose to go all the way with it and make the complete lifestyle change or choose to try to remain mainstream while not being entirely of it. It is difficult, to say the least. You buck traditions going back generations-and beyond-of women. Most women that I run into want to know why I have chosen a life of separation from my fellow womankind. My family, my friends, my acquaintances, random people on the street, everyone looks at me differently because of that choice. But I wouldn't change it for the world. Not for a penny, not for a million dollars. I love my tattoos and each one of them is so dear to me and so special. I will never look back at the person I was before tattoos with envy. Never. I know that this is not necessarily the experience of all visibly tattooed women, but I wonder... DO ANY OTHER TATTOOED WOMEN HAVE STORIES ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR YOU? I am so interested in this, please tell me your stories.

hmm I am a visibly tattooed woman, mother, teacher In the ten years since I began getting tattooed I can honestly say that I have only once felt singled out because of my art and my gender had nothing to do with it. My daughter adores my tattoos (her Dad's too) we have no problems with her playmates parents who are mainly older and college professors. I am a teacher at one of the most well respected schools in my area if not the state. Our school is affiliated with a local university and I work to train 5 -7 student teachers a semester. I have never had a family or student, or child turn away from me because of my body modification. I have chosen to live my life, decorate myself, procreate, educate, and enjoy. I am not sure I am bucking traditions fist in the air, their are many cultures in the world that woman are tattooed for beauty. I once was taken home by an elderly Moroccan woman I met at a laundromat in Paris who had amazing tattoos all over her chin and cheeks, great story she spoke no English and I spoke no French but we had a lovely tea. If I am bucking any traditions I'd think its being happy with what I have tattoos or not, more tattoos or not, I just work at being happy with less drama everyday.

I don't know where you are from, but i can say where i am it is very much like the first responder. My mother has two visible tattoos and they have never caused her any strife. I also have observed many people admiring tattoos, no matter the sex of the person, or shunning tattoos, no matter the sex of the person. Also...why would u want to be mainstream? isn't the point of a tattoo to express yourself individually? just a thought...