Tattoos all over

Should say a employer cannot discriminate if the tattoo is a protective characteristic. I know the Police, military, and other security services do not allow visible tattoo's.

Allsorts just saying you do not like them is fine, but you said the assistant turned your stomuch and you would not shop in the retail outlet again, I find that very nasty, my tattoo is covered, except when on the beach or by the pool and I love it.
My partner does not like tattoo's but he does not make comments about people who have them, it's personel choice.

I don’t like them at all nothing against a small one especially if it’s covered but the awful all over stuff looks horrible and dirty and looks worse on women my young pretty manager had them arms legs neck looked awful but she loved them
No I am not a fan at all

No one needs to send a rude private message, it unnecessary Terribull

When I was a child only sailors and navies had tattoos. I think the first time I heard of a woman having one was Paula Yates, who had a rose or dove or something like that. That was back in the 80's and I didn't know a single woman who followed suit. I still haven't got any friends with tattoos and I can't say I like them to be honest. I don't think they enhance the natural beauty of skin. I suppose you could say the same about makeup or jewellery but at least those are temporary. I do think people with tattoos all over their bodies, including their faces, are addicted to the buzz (pardon the pun).

My sister when young had a yellow rose tattooed on her bottom , very pretty . She's now 70 and very heavy in weight , staying with her recently she came out the bathroom with a towel covering her front but her bum showing as she walked into her bedroom , I saw the yellow rose had become a sunflower !

When I was a child only sailors and navies had tattoos

Not all sailors! 😀

Although some did have an anchor, swallow or other seafaring symbol - but none were allowed to be visible when in uniform.

My husband went to hospital for an MRI scan last week and was quite disgusted that the young woman on the reception desk there had tattoos all up her arms and neck, various rings through her nose and things like wooden sticks through her ear lobes. I don’t think HR departments dare say anything now but She looked grubby and unprofessional.

How an employee looks - is it the same as how well does he/she perform in his/her job?

Not at all

So many closed minded and judgement people

If the only doctor that could save your live is covered in tattoos and piercings - would you even give him/her a chance?

Life, not live

I personally do not like them but each to their own.

In the 50's when few women had a tattoo, if my mother saw one on a man she classed it as "common" but she also thought wearing white high heels was the same!

None of my friends have a tattoo but a niece does, a tiny one on an inner thigh. I saw little wrong with it but her mother had plenty to say!

I hate tattoos. Absolutely loath them on both sexes but especially on women.

I am completely bemused as to why any woman would want to spoil beautiful, clear, unblemished skin with these ugly things?
Also, they are permanent, aren’t they? How can any young person possibly know that they will still love these images in ten, twenty or thirty years time? Or even one year come to that.
They can’t can they ?

As others have said, they must surely be discriminated against in the job market, illegal or not.
I believe Charlie Mullins of Pimlico Plumbers has refused to employ anyone with a visible tattoo.

A couple of weeks ago a young girl mentioned on Nextdoor she could not find a job because she had her face (and arms) covered with tattoos. Heaven knows what she looks like. I have no idea how successful it is to get them removed and the cost must be horrendous.

It’s up to each individual person to decide whether to have a tattoo, or several, themselves. Personally, I don’t want one because of the connotations TerryBull mentioned. As a young girl I was aware that tattoos were only for a ‘certain’ type of person. Definitely male, and usually a builder, or other strong person doing a physical job. It was a big no for young girls, and even nicely brought up boys. Times have changed, and now everyone and his dog has a tattoo. My daughter is a doctor and has a couple, one very pretty one on her back, of roses, very delicate, and to my surprise, I liked it when I saw it. The other, her children’s initials on her wrist.
I’m not going to get one, I don’t think I’d look nice with one, but it’s up to each person to decide for themselves.

I have 2 small tattoos, one on my ankle and one on my foot. I had them done 20 years ago , when I was 40. I don't regret them , but wouldn't have any more. Both my daughters (31) have them . One daughters are small and discreet, my other daughter is covered, I don't really like them myself but it's her body.

I don’t have a problem with people having tattoos, it’s what’s inside people and not what’s on their skins that really matters. I would love a couple of small tattoos, probably cat silhouettes.

Rachis gran, I said tattoos visible on face neck and hands. All my gc have discreet ones. Most of us wear clothes we feel good in, have hair done and wear make up, it makes us feel better about ourselves. Its how I feel, I would never hurt anyone's feelings by showing my feeling at visible tattoos. Obviously the people who have them on their face and hands like what they see but I do think it would damage their chance of getting certain jobs. Don't think getting rid of them is easy, costly too I would think.

I had my first tattoos done when I was 66 and have three on my lower arms. I think I’ll stop there! I did them when I got sober, as a testament to my new wonderful life. They’re beautiful and inspired by nature. The older women I know with tattoos are really interesting - free spirits with a story to tell.
I see tattoos as an art-form but they have to be tasteful and artistic.

I always find it interesting how people can have such strong opinions about things someone else does with their body. It has zero impact on the observer- they’re not being asked to get a tattoo or to pay for it.

No, I don’t have any tattoos. But knowing how many Indigenous cultures have them as an important ceremonial thing, how facial tattoos were banned here in Canada for Indigenous people, etc, I have tremendous respect for those reclaiming their culture.

For the average non Indigenous person? You get one life, one body, enjoy it as you please, decorate as you choose.

I don’t understand the need to put others down for making choices about their own bodies.

Exactly, MercuryQueen - some people are extremely judgmental. Yes, you are entitled to not like tattoos, but it is what is inside a person which matters. As someone else said on here, would you refuse treatment from someone covered in tattoos, for instance?

Previously I've been called a slut on GN
That’s just awful bohemian! 😱 I hope you received an apology.

Prejudice against people who don’t like to be met by a weirdly tattooed and pierced face must stop.
People have the right to add as many or as few tattoos as they wish, but they cannot demand that everyone should like it or than no one should be repulsed by the look.
In the beauty salon I have my nails done, several of the assistants have tattoos, but the one with the facial tattoos, didn’t last long. I didn’t ask why, but in the online booking system, she was the only one who always had free appointment spaces.

I have toyed with the idea of having a tiny dark green gecko tattooed on the web skin between my thumb and forefinger. I have so many happy memories of family holidays in Ibiza. But it will hurt and I’m a devout coward.

Mollygo, no-one is saying that! People are perfectly entitled to like or not like tattoos, just as others are perfectly entitled to get as many tattoos as they wish. What people are saying is that it's wrong to judge a person's character by the fact that they have tattoos.

It's not something I've ever wanted to do. My father had several on each arm, done when he was a young soldier in India.
It included one with the name of his then fiancée, something he regretted when she dumped him for someone else!
I have a friend in her 70s who had a small posy of Forget me Nots tattooed on her wrist after the death of her husband.
Very discreet and quite pretty.