Tramp Stamp Airbrushed Out of Danica Patrick's SI Swimsuit Photos
Post Chronicle writer Jack Ryan questions why SI - which, incidentally, got Danica Patrick's consent before airbrushing her tramp stamp into oblivion - saw fit to airbrush the tramp stamp this year, but not in a picture of a bikini-clad Danica Patrick that appeared in the magazine last year (in the photo above, you can see a side-by-side comparison).
If Mr. Ryan will permit this writer to venture a guess, SI's decision to airbrush Danica Patrick's tramp stamp may be because some readers (and advertisers) might find it offensive. Perhaps they received letters of protest after publishing the photo last year where Danica Patrick can be seen with her tramp stamp of the American flag intact?
Some people believe that lower back tattoos are a sign of promiscuity (hence the moniker tramp stamp). It is, of course, nothing more than a rumor (or urban legend, if you prefer) and one who believes that all women with lower back tattoos are promiscuous is demonstrating profound ignorance.
But, what cannot be denied is that, even though they say nothing about a woman's sexual proclivities, tramp stamps are sexy. As writer Karen L. Hudson notes, "I believe that it's fair to say that women who get (and display) tattoos on the sensual lower curvature of their backs - instead of covering it with high waistbands and low shirts - are expressing sensuality and sexual confidence."
Thus, it is not hard to understand why some people might find tramp stamps to be inappropriate - or even offensive. And some might be especially offended by a tattoo of an American flag on the, as Karen L. Hudson puts it, "sensual lower curvature of the back."
Sources:
Danica Patrick Tatoo Photos: 'Tramp Stamp' Airbrushed Away by SI, Jack Ryan, The Post Chronicle, February 19, 2009
The Infamous Tramp Stamp, Karen L. Hudson, about.com
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2 Comments
Post a CommentI'm sure that, just like anything else humans get into, the reasons for having sacral illustration are myriad. To some young women, they're just pretty and it may not occur to them that they are perceived as trampy.
They must of air-brushed her boobs out too. It's a disgrace they put her in with the other models.