What ear does it mean your gay
Why Did We Increase Up Thinking a Piercing in the Right Ear Was Gay?
On the playground, it was a truth so firmly established that defying it meant social suicide: If you have an earring in your right ear, it means you’re gay. We accepted it as gospel and never questioned its validity.
It may have been the subtle homophobia of my Illinois community in the ’90s. But as I grew up, it seemed appreciate everyone I met, no matter their place of inception, knew and understood the earring code, as arbitrary as it seems.
It was even solidified in the New York Times: A 1991 report said homosexual men “often [wore] a single piece of jewelry in the right ear to indicate sexual preference.” In 2009, the Times covered it yet again, in TMagazine: “the rule of thumb has always been that the right ear is the gay one,” the author wrote about his own piercing journey.
Historically speaking, the truth is more complex. Earrings on guys have signified many things over the years, such as social stature or religious affiliation. In his book The Naked Man: A Study of the Male Body, Desmond Morris explains that earrings have indicated wisdom and sympathy in the stretched earlobes of the Buddha, while pirat
Your ear candy carries a surprising amount of controversy. Let’s unpack the debate: Which ear is the gay ear?
Nowadays, there are more people with piercings than without, as Statista’s data indicates that over half of the U.S. population have at least their earlobes pierced. Earrings have evolved into influential symbols of style and self-expression, allowing individuals to convey their personality through jewelry choices and piercing placement. However, earrings possess also sparked debates over sexual identity, such as the concept of which ear is the homosexual ear, leading to stigmas over the left and right piercing. For many, this debate has added an extra layer of doubt to a uncomplicated fashion choice, opening up broader conversations about individuality, expression, and acceptance within the LGBTQ+ community.
Let’s unravel the complicated layers of the “gay pierced earring,” and where this controversial idea of which ear is the gay ear stands today.
American Jewelry: How Pierced Ears Became Mainstream
Earrings gained prominence in the 1920s, with clip-on earrings becoming a sign of wealth and sophistication. However, physical ear piercings remained relatively uncommon and often c
Right and Wrong
When I was an eighteen-year-old freshman at Mizzou, way back in 1990, I decided to flaunt my newfound independence from my parents by getting an ear pierced. What a rebel I was! If getting a piercing while sitting in a comfy chair at Claire’s Boutique in the Columbia Mall doesn’t prove to your parents and the rest of the world that you are a certifiable bad boy, then nothing will.
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When my dad first saw my fresh earring, he rolled his eyes and laughed. When my mom saw it, she said she could have saved me the ten bucks and done it herself. She favored the security pin, ice cube, and raw potato method—which, in hindsight, would have given me much more street cred than a trip to a boutique.
Nevertheless, I’ve worn an earring for the excel part of three decades now. Kids at school often ask me why I have an earring, and hoping to enlighten them, I always tell that boys can have earrings, too. Then they inevitably ask why I only have one ear pierced.
Until last week, my respond has been, “Lots of men own one earring. It’s just what some men did assist when I was young.” Men favor Harrison Ford, Michael Jordan, and Ed Bradley wore one earring in thos
Hey Lil Momma's! Here's another classic episode of My Momma Told Me this week. If you receive your right ear pierced, does that mean you're gay? Langston and David sit down with Vinny Thomas (Platonic on Apple TV) about this fashion conspiracy theory. Talks of Claire's and how significant location is when it comes to these piercings. Let's just say the back of the bus is not a great location. Langston shares a story about a regretful tattoo and we absorb how Nancy Reagan really "tore it down" for Ronald Reagan and the rest of the world.
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Right=GAY
Left=Straight
Both=Normal
Male #2- "WHAT?! Dude, that's the gay ear!"
Male #1- "I know that."
Male #2- ...*slowly walks away*...
Male #1- NO WAIT COME BACK...... I LOVE YOU!!!!
Person 2: bro that’s the gay ear, you know that right?
Person 1: I thought you knew I was gay? Why else would I pierce my right ear only?
Person 2: oh… I did not. Welp.. excellent for you, see ya around.
Person 1: wait can I get your #?
Person 2: ummm…. try Grindr I’m straight sorry.