@Lizbeth
It would probably be very widely accepted that the supposedly "unlady-like" character of tattoos - especially if tasteful and faith-based - is untenable today.
Some generations ago, people with a hyperconservative mindset might have claimed supposedly that "nice Christian ladies don't get tattooed'.
Whereas actually in fact rather widely today, just with as earnest young men in the military nailing their colours to the mast - so to speak - by getting ink with something faith based/patriotic, so also using a tattoo parlor for faith based ink is
exactly the sort of thing a preacher's daughter going to college and wishing to witness to her friends, homeschooling moms among home Bible studies in the Midwest, etc. are actually likely to receive.
This is a fact.
There has been such a development over the decades that it's now often conservative ppl who likely will express what's on their hearts through some ink:
GodsGrace said:
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FHII said:
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There will always be strong likes and dislikes about the whole area of tattoos.
But among conservative, Godly people — not least in Western America — they can be a matter of longstanding, deliberate choice and planning:
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greenvneck said:
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So yes indeed, not everyone is going to like or appreciate tattoos; I agree.
But far from being supposedly "un-ladylike", the facts demonstrate that, although many, many years ago it might have been male sailors and bikers that received them, it's something that is instead also regarded as a benign, rather womanly thing that is widely practised, viewed as a testimony
opportunity to express what's on one's heart. (Culturally, it's a bit like double ear piercing, I guess: whereas in the late 70s when teen girls - and their moms - started getting double ear piercings it might for a short while have been initially regarded as slightly edgy fashion-wise, but now through natural osmosis - so to speak - it's something that women of all ages do confidently.)