Women wild about ink
22.05.12
Think tattoos are mostly for toughlooking men and only a few women? Think again. The fair sex is getting inked more often these days, according to a new poll.
The TV network behind the new show Best Ink and Lightspeed Research asked just more than 1,000 people across the United States about their perceptions of body art. It turns out 59 per cent of women have tattoos compared to 41 per cent of men.
But women get their ink in different shapes and sizes than men, and the act of putting a piece of art on their skin is often a shared experience. The number of tattooed celebrities and TV shows have increased cultural acceptance and spurred more people to not only get them, but display them openly.
"It's become more acceptable for people to . . . step into the tattoo world," said Joe Capobianco, a tattoo artist with almost 20 years of experience and the head judge on the Oxygen network's upcoming program, Best Ink.
But Capobianco adds this advice: "If you're going to do it, do it, but be smart about it, make an educated decision."
Source: Calgary Herald