I've never heard of this brought up as an issue in all the years I've been alive APART from people who look down on those who do it for being "chavvy and "common"
Fair enough. But there are people on this very thread (I'm one of them!) who keep saying that they think there is an ethical issue about it. I never, ever judge. I'm literally not even thinking of images of babies with earrings, I'm purely thinking about the issue of consent.
I'm not judging. It's possible to disagree with someone doing something, without judging them for it, which is the point I'm trying to make.
Because of their extreme youth, no baby can consent or complain. No one who had their ears pierced as a baby will recall any distress, pain or upset, so many - perhaps even most - are fine about it.
My issue is that babies shouldn't be subjected to it as they can't consent. They might suffer miserable pain, but they have no choice. Where or not they mind later isn't really the issue, it's whether we believe that we have the right to inflict pain on babies for cosmetic reasons or not. 'They don't remember it' isn't reason enough for me to say that we should.
But again, it's perfectly possible to try to debate this without judgement on either side.
Some on this thread are 'judging' the actual 'babies in earrings' thing. But others who disagree are not.