Women More Likely to Have Second Thoughts on Tattoos
November 11, 2008
While most Americans who get tattoos are happy with their decision, women are much more likely than men to decide to get their markings removed, new research reveals.
"We saw that for women there is still some negative societal fallout to having tattoos", said study author Myrna L. Armstrong, a professor in the school of nursing at Texas Tech University's Health Sciences Center, in Lubbock, Texas. "This isn't a problem for men. Society supports men, because tattoos are related to a macho image, so we don't question it. But for women, having a tattoo seems to be a transgression of gender boundaries."