fiasco1977 writes: "I am going through a wierd phase of being super self-conscious of my [tattoos]. I find that women get treated with a lot more disdain, if they are heavily tattooed, than men do. I get women rolling their eyes at me, whispering to their friends/boyfriends, men shaking their heads. It's ridiculous! I am getting a complex about it."

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