House Boy candidates with tattoos are considered for service so long as the body art is of a type and style that the Master does not find negatively distracting nor is likely to affect the Master’s social or familial or professional relationships negatively. Examples of inappropriate body art include tattoos that are inartistic or unattractive, or contain direct or inferred messaging of an inappropriate nature that is likely to offend those in the Master’s circle of valued friends, colleagues, and relatives.

Since the House Boy is required to serve Naked and has no right to privacy, he is also required to allow visual examination of his body art to any visitor or guest on request, unless doing so would interfere with a duty or chore which can not be delayed. This includes examination from any angle or distance, including the right to instruct the House Boy to pause for up to one minute per day per example of body art per guest. Away from home when traveling with the Master the House Boy is still required to display his tattoos on request if he can do so safely without violating any dress codes. The House Boy may present a photo of his tattoo for examination in lieu of removing any clothing where conflicting dress codes are in place unless the Master chooses to take the House Boy to a private location to undress.

Because the House Boy has no right to privacy of his body or body art — and he is required to allow visual or photographic examination of any tattoos even when traveling with the Master away from home — applicants who have tattoos on their penis, scrotum, perineum, or anal opening are unsuitable for full-time service. The Master also reserves the right to disqualify any candidate who has one or more unattractive or distracting tattoos on their face, neck, or hands. The Master will consider service applicants who have attractive tattoos on their arms, chest, stomach, legs, feet, abdomen, shoulders, pubic bone, back, or buttocks.

In the example photo, a House Boy applicant reports for his Pre-Collaring Inspection and is instructed to remove his clothing and present his body art for examination. The candidate turns and faces away from the Master, bending over to reveal colorful red and black body art on his buttocks, scrotum, penis, and anal opening. The Master was already notified that the candidate had tattoos on his buttocks, and finds the artistic package of this boy’s backside quite beautiful. After examining and noting each of the tattoos on the Strip Search Record Sheet (See link below), the Master, unfortunately, has to notify the applicant that he is ineligible for collaring as a Full-Time House Boy because the body art extends to his scrotum, penis, and anal opening. It would be impractical to collar this candidate since there would be difficulties in honoring requests for him to display his tattoos for examination when traveling with the Master in public places. The applicant is permitted to complete the Pre-Collaring Inspection with the understanding that he may be collared only for service part-time or temporarily for home events where the display of the tattoos isn’t an issue and he will not be needed to leave the property with the Master for any reason.

Exceptions to this policy will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exceptional candidates only after a successful Pre-Collaring Interview and Inspection. For all House Boy applicants, the Master reserves the right to be told the meaning or reason for the body art, the name of the artist, and the circumstances surrounding the candidate’s decision to wear it.