{"id":21681,"date":"2010-07-27T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=21681"},"modified":"2010-07-27T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T21:47:24","slug":"the-meaning-of-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=21681","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning Of Tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On his radio show today, Dennis Prager, who was born in 1948, says that as a kid, he almost never saw tattooed women. &#8220;There was a sideshow in circuses of freaky people and one of them was the tattooed woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand the appeal of women covering their skin with anything. Women&#8217;s flesh is the allure. If it is painted, why is it alluring?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My mother-in-law is a psychiatrist and she says that tattooing is a diagnostic issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where there is a heavy dose of tattooing there may be an element of will someone try to get to know me through this major barrier, this veil, I&#8217;ve put up. It&#8217;s a statement of profound emotional insecurity. I&#8217;ve read that some women who&#8217;ve been raped will get obese to not attract any more men. 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