Boys and men with ear rings??

[CharlotteWebb]

About 40 years ago when my brother was a teen he had is left ear pierced as it was 'fashionable' at the time. However, this phase shortly passed and by the time he was 20 the ear ring had gone forever.

I see younger and younger boys (from age 8 or 9 upwards) who wear an ear ring in the left ear.

AIBU to ask if this is still to do with fashion or am I missing a much deeper reason such as cultural?

My BIL still wears an ear ring (he's in his late 50's) and in his case it is definitely NOT cultural - he just thinks it looks cool!!!

I think he looks ridiculous AIBU? I try not to laugh when I see him, but that's more because he has huge ears and the ear ring draws attention to this!

I love seeing children in football tops with their names on the back.

JacquesHammer Right 🙄

Why is "because they like them" not an acceptable answer?

Personally I like piercings on men

I think the luck is on both sides to be honest

Agreed

To the PP who said you don’t see professionals with piercings. Lots of professionals have ear piercings. As with tattoos. My husband is a doctor and has the migraine piercing in his ear. He also has tattoos.
I’m a professional and have several piercings and tattoos too!

@Sparklingbrook I like earrings on blokes too

I can't believe people still hold these puritanical views that a piercing or tattoo instantly precludes an individual from joining 'professional' ranks. Granted I'm yet to see a Mergers and Acquisitions litigator with a tattoo of a chicken laying an egg on their forehead but tattoos and piercings are so passé now that I reckon frankly no-one gives a shit.

Ignore them properlook, you can’t teach class!

Ignore them properlook, you can’t teach class!

Given the language she uses to describe people I don’t think she has much to teach other people with

Can you explain exactly what’s wrong/funny about boys/men getting ear piercings but not girls/women, CharlotteWebb?

What are the 'cultural' reasons for ear piercing that you've mentioned OP?

You think a piece of metal jewellery is an indicator of class, Bed?

What are the 'cultural' reasons for ear piercing that you've mentioned OP?

Worship at the altar of rock

Yeah, I love piercings. My fiancé has an earring, a faith and an ear plug.

It does, I suspect it's confined to certain demographics too. No earrings on boys near me (and very few tattoos) luckily.

Don't worry I'm sure no man would want to touch you with a 10 foot barge pole with your stinking attitude.

What you said is absolutely vile. You are vile. Admit it, you're a 'mink'.

And the fact you both wrote on a thread that's been up since 2018 with your snotty, homosexual views. Saddos.

It's the same as it is for women and girls, some people like it. I don't get your question.

Live and let live I say- the sooner we ditch judgmental attitudes about others, the nicer the world will be. Plus if you look at history men have worn earrings for 7000 years! It has often been a sign of wealth and status. Even William Shakespeare wore earrings!

There’s some uptight posters on this thread!

Love an earring or two on a man, DH has the look of a Viking and only recently stopped wearing an earring because he lost it. I still fancy him almost 30 years later, earring and all!

Why can’t men wear jewellery too? I find some of the replies on this thread and the OP, quite bizarre.

Starting in the 1960s a man with an earring in his right ear (or both) was signalling he was gay to other gay men. This was of course back when being gay was considered appalling and deviant, so the gay scene was still a bit underground.

By the 80s men wearing earrings was more accepted due to Punk influence and straight men started to wear them..but only in the left ear because again, culturally, the right ear was the “gay ear.”

YABU for giving enough of a shit to make a thread on it.

@Theracoons you sound like the kind of person I’d wear a dangly earring and 5 gold rings for, just so I could avoid you.

Doesn’t bother me. They are expressing themselves just as a female does with piercings.