There are (primarily) women who have “Property of —–” tattooed on their buttocks to show that they are “owned” by their partner. This has been traditional with bikers. Some women have “Property of [name of the club]” tattooed on themselves after they pass some sort of initiation (which could be having sex with every member of the club) so they could join the club (although many times, they join the club as a “hood ornament” and not as full-fledged members with the same rank and status of men).
Treating women as property is both degrading and insulting. It is also a sad fact that some women feel that they are not worth as much without this stamp of approval. Do women in these situations have the capacity to know what “true consent” is?
Michelle DeLio tells the tale of one such woman, who broke up with one man and married another: “As a sort of wedding present to her, they dragged the girl to the local tattooist and they inked ‘CANCELLED’ on her butt in big black block letters, like a meat stamp (over her old ‘Property of’ tattoo).”
COMMENTS ( 2 )
posted on 07 August at 03:03
Exactly, phjil300. "Do women in these situations have the capacity to know what “true consent” is?" Wow, patronise much?? No, I'm sure there are women for whom this sort of thing is not consensual and that's a crime. But to suggest that all women or men who live a lifestyle of S&M or Dom/sub are inherently unable to know what consent is, is so deeply ironic and simplistic it's painful. More likely the authors don't have the capacity to know what true consent is.
posted on 20 November at 21:44
Where do people get these ideas like this. I was just reading another one about women and chastity devices. If you did your research you would find that these days it is more common for men to have these tattoos and wear chastity. I am getting one myself pledging ownership of my wife, and have worn a chastity device for 6 years. It is a sexual fetish that's all and not for the discussion of feminists and such that have no knowledge of the subject.