What is the primary inference you can draw about people who get tattoos and piercings?
My guess, they are commitment-philic, opposite of commitment phobic. Reverse is not necessarily true (commitment-philic does not mean you’ll get a tattoo or piercing).
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-it’s a provocative act that temporarily relieves pain, emotional & physical
-it’s inherently sexual no way around it
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I imagine the sexual angle is clearer in modern tattoo subcultures, with traditional being more about tribal affiliation?
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oh no idea about that although lots of traditional rites seem sexual to me - re: pain I’m thinking of otzi but also personal experience
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