Tattoos of your organization

[dekeguy]

I am confused as to why women seem to not only want to get tatoos but then vigorously defend their action in getting it or them. I hardly think it is either inaccurate or inappropriate to recognize that women are far more conscious of and concerned with fashion trends and messages sent via appearances. Since tatoos have been around for gazillions of years and since they have traditionally been viewed, in Western culture, as the domain of pond life bottom feeders I find it curious as to why a fad which leaves permanent marking on one's body would hold such appeal. Based on centuries of adverse opinion of and reaction to tatoos I can't understand why women would want to permanently mark themselves considering that the current popularity of tatoos will surely become passe and out of fashion within a few years. Whether one likes it or not tatoos are not viewed with favor in professional circles and in some social settings they are not tolerated. Teen aged rebellion is fine when one is a high school kid but by the time you have become a college woman it seems to run contraty to the the general sense of realistic maturity expected and it doesn't seem to fit within the what your own organizations expect of ladies in their conduct and appearance. Looking like a gang of tatooed biker chicks never struck me as what a sorority woman aspired to (and yes, any tatoo places you more or less in that unfortunate circumstance). Having been out in the world for a while now I have seen just how deeply this prejudice runs. Maybe this is a bit inappropriate, but I always believed that women were far more savvy about the nuances of how one presents oneself.
Now, from the other half of the human species, as an undergrad in my house it was the kiss of death to have a tatoo. We met a few guys from other chapters who had them and it did not sit easy with us. We saw that as the sure sign of a candidate for a bottom tier house or life as a GDI.