Caroline Bird and Helen Mort
London Review Bookshop Podcast
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What People Really Think About Women With Tattoos
A study examined the approach behaviour of men to women lying on a well-known beach. The women were reading, lying flat on their stomachs, some with a tattoo prominently displayed on their lower backs. Men were more likely to approach the women with visible tattoos not because they found them to be more attractive but because they believed the tattooed women would have sex better than clear-skinned counterparts. This poem is based on an article from Psychology Today called What People Really Think About Women with Tattoos.
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