“Showing Skin: Tattoo Visibility Status, Egalitarianism, and Personality Are Predictors of Sexual Openness Among Women”, 2020-04-09 (; similar):
Research indicates that women with tattoos are evaluated more negatively than women without tattoos on numerous qualities. Further, men perceive better chances for sexual success with tattooed women than those without visible tattoos. Despite these findings, less is known about whether women with visible tattoos are more open to casual sexual encounters than their non-tattooed counterparts, and if so, what variables may predict such openness.
The purpose of the present study was to explore whether, and to what extent, stereotyped perceptions of tattooed women as sexually open are accurate, and to explore the possible role of egalitarianism in sexual openness. Measures of personality and sensation-seeking were also examined. A sample of 814 women, both tattooed and non-tattooed, were recruited through a Western Canadian university research pool and various social media outlets to complete an online questionnaire assessing these attributes.
Women with tattoos reported greater willingness to engage in uncommitted sexual relations [r = 0.34], as well as higher endorsement of egalitarianism [r = 0.31] and sensation-seeking [r = 0.32], relative to non-tattooed women. Among tattooed women alone, several personality and tattooing variables predicted sexual openness.
Results: suggesting body tattooing as an indicator of sexual openness are critically discussed in relation to contemporary stereotypes surrounding femininity and sexuality.
[Keywords: tattoos, egalitarianism, personality, sexual permissiveness, sexual openness]
…various studies have found tattooed individuals to be higher in Extraversion and related traits, such as sensation-seeking (1993; Drews et al 200024ya; Roberti et al 200420ya; Stirn et al 200618ya; 2012; Swami et al 201212ya; Wohlrab et al 200717yaa, b), while others report no statistically-significant differences of such personality traits in between-group analyses (2001; 2008). Overall, however, much of the available evidence appears to suggest higher Extraversion on the part of tattooed individuals—a difference driven by scores on sensation seeking (Swami et al 201212ya). Importantly, the individual variables of Extraversion, sensation-seeking, and tattoo wearing have been linked to heightened sexual risk-taking and sexual engagement among women in general (eg. Hoyle et al 200024ya; Markey et al 200321ya; Miller et al 200420ya), suggesting that these variables are potentially influential in the relationship between tattooed women’s behaviors and acceptance of sexual openness…sociological studies have suggested that women may use tattoos to signal their non-traditional femininity and defiance of traditional roles (eg. 2002; 1999).