I know I've posted multiple blogs about tattoo's before but I wanna ask you guys something. Why is it that people seem to think that tattoo's are only for guys? I think they look just as beautiful or girls as they do on guys. Everyone who know's me knows that I love tattoo's but I get a lot of "You'll look like a man!", "You'll look like a lesibian" (WTF!?), "Think about your wedding day!" and I don't get what's so manly about them? Tattoo's are an art forn, art is generally about self expression so basicially it's like they're saying that it's okay for guys to express themselves artistically but girls can't.
I recently turned 16 which means that legally I can get a tattoo. I didn't even ask for one but on my birthday I was wathcing LA Ink and my parents decided to tell me that I can't get a tattoo, ever, like not even a teeny tiny star, nothing. And I understand about the whole people-might-not-hire-you-for-a-job-thing (Although how does having a tattoo make you less intelligent or less capable of working than the next person?) but the reason I can't get a tattoo is because I'm a girl! They may aswell have told me that if my brother asked for one he could get it but I can't! Like WTF!? It's my body! I know not many girls are heavily tattoo'd I've always wanted tattoo's and I don't care about looking like everyone else because I'm not like everyone else and I never will be. This is probably one of there many failed attempts to get me to be like other girls which they've been trying (and failing) to do for about 10 years now but I don't want ot be like other girls, I'm not girly or ladylike because that's not me. I'm the play rock n' roll, always wear converse, not give a shit if my clothes are dirty type of girl. So if I want to get tattoo's and dress the way I dress leave me do it, they have one girly daughter isn't that enough!
But back to tattoo's. I've been seriosuly thinking about the tattoo's I want since I was 14 and I even started designing my own one's and all of the tattoo's I want mean something to me. I don't want them to look cool and I don't recall society thinking that girls with tattoo sleeves are cool. I know what I'd be getting myself into and I'm not an idiot. I know you have to research tattoo artists first and I'm not rushing into anything. I'm actually gonna wait until I'm atleast 20 or 21 before getting any major tattoo's so I know I wont regret it. And I know to keep aways from my face and neck so I'll be able to get a job. I don't care what people think, you know maybe if I get tattoo's there might be something that I actually like about my body.
