Earrings on men

JupiterKid

These days many men in all walks of life sport earrings. I myself had two in my left ear and one in my right ear (and my eyebrow pierced for a while) when I was 19 in my college days. These days I still have one in my left ear

When in modern times did men start wearing earrings? I know David Bowie had one in the early 1970s and quite a lot of pop and rock singers had them from the early 80s onwards.

What are your views of earrings on men? Like or dislike? Do you have them yourself?

TuringBot47

JupiterKid wrote: »

I myself had two in my left ear and one in my right ear

That explains the rainbow profile icon.

corkboy38

first thing that comes into my mind is howya boss

No good reason for a man to wear earrings.

Ever.

Cee-Jay-Cee

If you had one in your right ear you were gay. If it was in your left ear you were a hard man (but probably secretly gay too)

Danzy

First thought was sure why not I voted to let them marry, earrings are a private matter.

McMurphy

TuringBot47 wrote: »

That explains the rainbow profile icon.

Don't think Jupiter ever disguised the fact they're gay tbh.

I think earrings in men has been happening for thousands of years OP.

If I recall correctly, wasn't Jesus captured by the Romans in a Clare's accessories store, searching for a sleeper?

TheValeyard

JayZeus wrote: »

No good reason for a man to wear earrings.

Ever.

In days gone by some pirates and sailors wore silver or gold earrings to pay for funeral costs.

Kolido

JayZeus wrote: »

No good reason for a man to wear earrings.

Ever.

Is there a good reason for a woman to wear them?

Thelonious Monk

If you're either gay or some kind of alternative type it seems to suit the image they're going for but the likes of Neymar and Lewis Hamilton mincing around with shiny diamond yolks in their ears looks absolutely ridiculous. You start some really odd threads OP, I've noticed.

cj maxx

They look a bit pretentious to me when I see them on teenagers even though I had 4 in my left ear myself as a teenager/ twenties

Kolido

Kolido wrote: »

Is there a good reason for a woman to wear them?

Why don’t you open a thread titled ‘earrings on women’ and find out?

facehugger99

Unless you’re a gypsie or a pirate, no.

McMurphy

TheValeyard wrote: »

In days gone by some pirates and sailors wore silver or gold earrings to pay for funeral costs.

Arrrrrrr.

Beechwoodspark

I always wonder are they trying to impress someone or what

Outlaw Pete

I had two in my left ear and one my right ear also.

At the time it was said that if you only had your right ear pierced (or had more piercings in the right than the left) that meant you were gay.

But just the left (or more on the left) and were hetero. Silly of course but that was the thinking from what I remember.

Haven't worn earrings since my early 20's though, so I'd imagine the holes are closed up.

Pirates and sailors wore earrings for superstitious reasons, not to pay for a wake or funeral.

They also may have worn earrings for reasons similar to those who wear earrings today and don’t lead a seafaring life.

SEPT 23 1989

Most lads I knew as teenagers in the 90's had one

Mr freeze and a sewing needle did the job

Badly Drunk Boy

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

If I recall correctly, wasn't Jesus captured by the Romans in a Clare's accessories store, searching for a sleeper?

No, Jesus didn't have his ears pierced, just his limbs.

I never saw the attraction of ear-piercings myself. Never had it done, or even considered it.

cj maxx

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

I had two in my left ear and one my right ear also.

At the time it was said that if you only had your right ear pierced (or had more piercings in the right than the left) that meant you were gay.

But just the left (or more on the left) and were hetero. Silly of course but that was the thinking from what I remember.

Haven't worn earrings since my early 20's though, so I'd imagine the holes are closed up.

I did mine myself ! Stupid fcuking idea

blade1

facehugger99 wrote: »

Unless you’re a gypsie or a pirate, no.

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Arrrrrrr.

What's a pirate's favourite letter?

















P, because he is irate without it!

eviltwin

Could not care less either way. If a man, or woman, wants to have earrings or not then so be it. It doesn't change my opinion of them.

feartuath

Do lads with both ears pierced sit down to pee.

ILoveYourVibes

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Don't think Jupiter ever disguised the fact they're gay tbh.

No i think that's sucking another guy's cock.

mad muffin

20 years ago when I met my now wife, I had two studs in my left ear. She asked to borrow them one time. Then she “lost” them (threw them out a window).

That was the end of my flirtation with earring.

corner of hells

feartuath wrote: »

Do lads with both ears pierced sit down to pee.

That's women you're thinking off.

Beechwoodspark

Wasn’t there some “common knowledge” years ago over if one or other ear pierced the guy was gay

JupiterKid

Loving the casual homophobia on the thread...

...anywho, piercings were all the rage back in the 90s when I had my ears done. I have worn my earring in my left ear throughout my professional life (except for job interviews) and never had a problem.

I know men have had earrings going back to very early times, ancient Egypt and Rome but in the West in modern times they only seem to have started to catch on in the 1980s.

And yes, I'm gay. Been out since I was 23. No regrets whatsoever but that's besides the point. Why do people have an issue with a fella sporting an earring?

Atoms for Peace

JayZeus wrote: »

No good reason for a man to wear earrings.

Ever.

Unless your a (too late) or an Elizabethan gentleman.

Thelonious Monk

JupiterKid wrote: »

Why do people have an issue with a fella sporting an earring?

skinny jeans, hitler youth haircuts, no socks, ear rings, you'll find men's fashion is the subject of ridicule all the time, nothing homophobic about it

quickbeam

Fashions come and go. They were popular in the early 17th Century a la Mr. Shakespeare:

Odhinn

JupiterKid wrote: »

Loving the casual homophobia on the thread...

...anywho, piercings were all the rage back in the 90s when I had my ears done. I have worn my earring in my left ear throughout my professional life (except for job interviews) and never had a problem.

I know men have had earrings going back to very early times, ancient Egypt and Rome but in the West in modern times they only started to catch on in the 1980s.

And yes, I'm gay. Been out since I was 23. No regrets whatsoever but that's besides the point. Why do people have an issue with a fella sporting an earring?

...eye shadow was a thing in many places. Even the Prophet himself (PBUH) approved

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohl_(cosmetics)

Galwayguy35

A few lads I used to hang out with had them when we were in our 20s but as they got older the earrings disappeared.

Saw a fella with his ear shredded once in a nightclub when the other lad he was fighting with pulled the earring out, sore dose that was.

Gwynplaine

Looks dreadful. Saw a young lad about 9 or 10 years old last weekend and he had a stud in each ear. Then I had a glance at the parents.....the poor chap hasn't a hope.

JupiterKid

JupiterKid wrote: »

Loving the casual homophobia on the thread...

....Why do people have an issue with a fella sporting an earring?

Why do people have an issue with other people having 'an issue with a fella sporting an earring', when the very same people sporting the earrings start threads on boards to elicit exactly the kind of response to which they now protest?

For the same reason they sport an earring in the first place. To draw attention to themselves and wait to cry foul when someone calls BS on both practices.

You can pierce your bell-end for all I care. No good reason to do it, or pierce your ears or your nose or whatever. But fire away, if the attention you get from it makes you feel special. :rolleyes:

Odhinn

JayZeus wrote: »

Why do people have an issue with other people having 'an issue with a fella sporting an earring', when the very same people sporting the earrings start threads on boards to elicit exactly the kind of response to which they now protest?

For the same reason they sport an earring in the first place. To draw attention to themselves and wait to cry foul when someone calls BS on both practices.

You can pierce your bell-end for all I care. No good reason to do it, or pierce your ears or your nose or whatever. But fire away, if the attention you get from it makes you feel special. :rolleyes:

Ahhhh here.....

judeboy101

It's the same as tattoos, only sailors and chinamen should wear them

Odhinn

Odhinn wrote: »

...eye shadow was a thing in many places. Even the Prophet himself (PBUH) approved

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohl_(cosmetics)

I have to say, oul' Johnny Depp (PBUH and all false prophets who speak in drunken tongues) looked the part in Pirates of the Caribbean. I never realised Muhammad was a make-up and earring wearing man, along with the prophet bit and his early career as a drunken pirate. I mean, I heard about the underage wives, the slaves and all that, but I never put those together before now. After he gave up the booze and the pork ribs, he kind of got a bit boring though, didn't he?

Odhinn

judeboy101 wrote: »

It's the same as tattoos, only sailors and chinamen should wear them

"the chinaman" - mad pub back in the day

Sonny noggs

JayZeus wrote: »

I have to say, oul' Johnny Depp (PBUH and all false prophets who speak in drunken tongues) looked the part in Pirates of the Caribbean. I never realised Muhammad was a make-up and earring wearing man, along with the prophet bit and his early career as a drunken pirate. I mean, I heard about the underage wives, the slaves and all that, but I never put those together before now. After he gave up the booze and the pork ribs, he kind of got a bit boring though, didn't he?

Are we allowed mention his choice of bride?

Sonny noggs

Sonny noggs wrote: »

Are we allowed mention his choice of bride?

No, only whether or not he borrowed her earrings for the day in question.

Sonny noggs

JayZeus wrote: »

No, only whether or not he borrowed her earrings for the day in question.

I think she was too young to have her ears pierced, so probably not.

Odhinn

JayZeus wrote: »

I have to say, oul' Johnny Depp (PBUH and all false prophets who speak in drunken tongues) looked the part in Pirates of the Caribbean. I never realised Muhammad was a make-up and earring wearing man, along with the prophet bit and his early career as a drunken pirate. I mean, I heard about the underage wives, the slaves and all that, but I never put those together before now. After he gave up the booze and the pork ribs, he kind of got a bit boring though, didn't he?

I read it in the book "The Travels of Ibn Battutah" that the receptacle he used to store his kohl in was held as a relic at one stage. "Wtf is kohl" sez I, leading to a somewhat suprising internet search result.

uck51js9zml2yt

Men started to wear them when feminism took hold of society and men became effeminate.

They then said it's ok for boys to be girls and wear skirts.

It's society gone mad .

Sonny noggs

Sonny noggs wrote: »

I think she was too young to have her ears pierced, so probably not.

Who says it was her ears that were pierced?

We're dealing with some fairly sick and twisted historical characters here in the whole justification for men wearing earrings debate.

Canis Lupus

Earrings on men make me think they're gay (not that that's bad or anything) or the other type tends to be chavvy popped collar bloke.

It's not a look I'm personally keen on but whatever.

freshpopcorn

JupiterKid wrote: »

Why do people have an issue with a fella sporting an earring?

I know a good few people who hate mean wearing earrings and some might dislike like. They don't really have an issue with it tough.

Personally I think some can pull off the look better than others.

skooterblue2

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Arrrrrrr.

To Err is human, to Arrrr is Pirate

maccored

i had my ears pieced since the early 80s. I couldnt give a **** what anyones thoughts are about it

Lucyfur

My son has several ear piercings in both ears. He's an equal opportunity person lover. I wonder was it the additional piercings that makes him like boys AND girls?

JupiterKid

From my experience the vast majority of men who have earrings are heterosexual.

There seems to be a widespread perception that if a guy has an earring or earrings he is a trendy “liberal” type, arty, creative, gay or a bit of a scumbag.