Tween-scream pop-group One Direction apparently sees tattoos as a way to “assert themselves as men…as manly.” These statements speak of a missing reality; of their innate maleness. The members all range in age from 19-21. They have sold over 14 million singles and 8 million albums. One Direction is sort-of N-Sync redux. In fact, they should be poster-boys for proof-positive that homosexuality is psychologically and socially caused. In several recent photo-ops, guys in One Direction frequently grab each other crotches. Now, they praise the masculine art of tattooing. These are lost boys. As someone who got tattoos, at the same age as them, I can testify that the process of tattooing is part initiation ritual, part desperate need to become a man. Most often, inking doesn’t work, and you then turn to homosexuality.
Note: after further research - one of the boys (above) was bullied as a child; the other comes from a broken home.