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).”