Thug Woman

I have one tattoo... a tribal rose design I created myself and then waited a year to have done near my left shoulder blade. I was about 35 at the time. I also had a second hole pierced in my left ear lobe (no gauging or anything... just standard ear piercing). My mom blasted me for the tattoo, telling me I was "desecrating" my body and, about the ear piercing, she said, "Doesn't that mean you're gay?!" *sighhhhhhhh* I was going through a horrible period in my life (divorce, two young kids on my own, mom diagnosed with cancer, being the sole support for all of us...) and I wanted to do a couple of things that were uniquely personal. I had my reasons and didn't feel the need to share them with anyone. I wasn't a child, wasn't incapable of making choices. As such, I don't judge anyone else's choices either. I do get a bit concerned when I see very young women getting really huge tattoos... it's something they might not always be happy about. My daughter's friend, at 17, got her full side done and also a good portion of her back. Had that been my daughter, I would have encouraged her to wait awhile to see if she really wanted to make that kind of commitment ~ their thoughts tend to change rapidly at that age.

I don't have any tattoos, nor any piercings, but I don't find tattoos to be disgusting. In fact, I find them to be, as you said, artistic and interesting. And if they hold special significance then I love them. I enjoy knowing, and there are few things better than looking at a symbol and knowing what it stands for. About piercings I find woman with piercings beautiful. The stranger the place pierced the more beautiful I find it. I'm a wuss and I dislike feeling pain, but I don't think anyone has the right to tell others they are defiling their own bodies. So what's my opinion of a tastefully adorned thug woman? I would call her a beautiful thug :).

i'm tattooed also,but i have to say nobody's ever said that to me..yet. although if they did,i'd tell them where to stick it.it's my body,and if they don't like it,don't look.

I guess I am a thug! I am tattooed. I have on the back of my neck, shoulder, legs and fore arm. I have several earrings in my ears though the eye brow I got rid of cause I got tired of it and the nose became an issue to to polyps that I get from something else..miss that one... My brother is so tattooed that my girls call him Tattoo instead of Uncle..

No I don't have any tattoo's. I don't plan on ever getting one either. But that is just my personal preference and I don't care to have anything written on my body. That was mean whoever said that to you. That was an awful thing to say. Each person has their own reasons for their tattoos or for no tattoos. I like for people to respect me and so I do the same for them.

Isn't the word "Thug" used to describe a criminal? You should ask back to the person who called you that, when did you ever rob this person? I don't have any tattoo, but still i don't see the connection between having a tattoo and being a thug...

lol! if you like how you look, i wouldnt worry about how others think. although i dont have any piercings or tats, i dress differently than most of the conservitive people i work with. i like to show my individual style. it is really all about confidence.

I am actually quite partial to my "thug women" friends I am not pierced or tattooed but that is just because I am so darn indecisive about what I want. I am also a big chicken when it comes to needles. I have a friend and she owns a tattoo shop. She wants to get a hold of me so bad she can't stand it..LOL..I just don't know what I want that fits me. My b/f is tattooed and I like the way they look. They are very artistic. Although I don't have any of my own, I don't judge anyone if they do and certainly don't think any less of them.

To each his own, that's what I say! I don't have tatoos and only one piercing in each ear for one earring each that I got when I was very young. I don't want any tatoos on my body. My husband has some on his chest and arms and now that he is older he regrets having them done. I don't mind them, I guess I'm used to them after 25 years.

I don't have any single tattoo in my body. Never had piercings either except each one in my ears. But, I've always wanted to get a tattoo, I just couldn't because I'm a bit scared of needles. I'd rather call you guys who have piercings and tattoos as the most expressive and artistic people, not a thug. I admire you for not being scared to be different. And not scared to be judged. I beg to differ to the idea that tattooed people are aggressive and violent. There are some, but not all. Although, you might not set good examples for children or teenagers growing up, still, no one can dictate you on what to do or not to do, just because some people are looking up to you. It's just the way that some other tattooed people act badly that gives a negative connotations to the rest of you. you rock, but must rock in a good way Peace ya'll:)