One may think the art of tattooing has its history mainly with men. Not so. Women from various cultures tattooed their bodies for a variety of reasons. Take the women from Borneo. They would mark themselves to show what they were skilled at, such as weaving or a gatherer of medicinal herbs.Do tattoos hurt This communicated their rank as marriage material. In western Asia, girls were marked in such a way as to show their place in society.