Earrings on men

JupiterKid · 04-06-2019 07:24PM #1

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 · 04-06-2019 07:26PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

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

That explains the rainbow profile icon.

corkboy38 · 04-06-2019 07:27PM

first thing that comes into my mind is howya boss

04-06-2019 07:27PM

No good reason for a man to wear earrings.

Ever.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 04-06-2019 07:28PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:28PM

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

McMurphy · 04-06-2019 07:29PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:29PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:30PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:30PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:31PM

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

04-06-2019 07:31PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:31PM

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

McMurphy · 04-06-2019 07:31PM

TheValeyard wrote: »

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

Arrrrrrr.

Beechwoodspark · 04-06-2019 07:35PM

I always wonder are they trying to impress someone or what

Outlaw Pete · 04-06-2019 07:36PM

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.

04-06-2019 07:37PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:40PM

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

Mr freeze and a sewing needle did the job

Badly Drunk Boy · 04-06-2019 07:41PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:41PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:47PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:50PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:50PM

Do lads with both ears pierced sit down to pee.

ILoveYourVibes · 04-06-2019 07:53PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:54PM

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 · 04-06-2019 07:55PM

feartuath wrote: »

Do lads with both ears pierced sit down to pee.

That's women you're thinking off.

Beechwoodspark · 04-06-2019 07:59PM

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

JupiterKid · 04-06-2019 08:00PM

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 · 04-06-2019 08:03PM

JayZeus wrote: »

No good reason for a man to wear earrings.

Ever.

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

Thelonious Monk · 04-06-2019 08:05PM

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 · 04-06-2019 08:05PM

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

Earrings on men

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