Gay side ear
How did having piercings in the right ear change into associated with homosexuality?
gracefulfatsheba1
How did having piercings in the right ear change into associated with homosexuality? It’s something I’ve heard for a long time and never questioned it until now. Whenever I see a guy with an earring, I instinctively check if it’s left or right out of curiosity.
When did this association become prevalent? Where did it arrive from? Does it vary by culture?
engineer_comp_geek2
Not only does it vary by society, which ear is the “homosexual” ear varies from region to region in the U.S. In the northern WV, eastern OH, western PA region where I grew up, left was the “straight” ear and right was the “homosexual” ear. I think that’s the more common version, but I’ve met plenty of people who said it was the other way around in their area.
I don’t remember earrings for men being very common in the 1970s. There were some hippies wearing them but that was more of a protest of social norms than anything else. I remember hearing about the one earring means homosexual thing in the overdue 70s so it dates back at least until then. A lot of the punk rockers of the slow 70s sported ear
Which Ear Is the Gay Ear? Which Ear Is the Unbent Ear?
Which ear is the male lover earring? The idea of a "gay earring" based on which ear it's worn in is a stereotype that became accepted in the 1980s and 1990s.
According to this outdated belief, wearing an earring in the right ear signified being gay, while the left ear was considered straight. However, today this notion is widely considered irrelevant and outdated.
Which Ear Is the Queer Ear?
You might recall hearing that if a man wore an earring on the right ear, that meant he was same-sex attracted. The term "gay ear" was often used. Around the 1960s, people began to catch on that a right-ear earring was effectively a code for organism gay. At the same period, the left ear is straight.
As time went on, earrings as a whole became more famous, and even some straight men opted to pierce their right ear. It soon became explain that the "gay ear" was no longer a reliable way to tell if a dude was gay or not.
The "gay earring" fad lasted until the 1990s. But wearing an earring on the right ear is still a popular choice. And as ear piercings on both men and women are becoming more mainstream, more men than ever are opting to obtain their ears pierced.
The right ear or gay ear is the ear that most homosexuals attend to get pierced more often than the left ear, hence when somebody who is heterosexual is getting their right ear pierced he is getting the gay ear pierced. Straight men should avoid getting this ear pierced if they long for to carry onward their straightness.
Right=GAY
Left=Straight
Both=NormalMale #1- "Yo man, i'm gonna get my right ear pierced today."
Male #2- "WHAT?! Dude, that's the gay ear!"
Male #1- "I know that."
Male #2- ...*slowly walks away*...
Male #1- NO WAIT COME Assist. I LOVE YOU!!!!Get the Gay Ear mug.The right ear is the “gay” ear; the shared saying right is wrong has been used up to the 90s as well as many gay men choosing to pierce their right ear only. The left ear is the direct ear since it’s opposite the “gay” ear.Person 1: hey I think I’m going to pierce my right ear.
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.. good for you, see ya around.
Person 1: wait can I get your #?
Person 2: ummm…. try Grindr I’m straight sorry.Get
Why Did We Grow 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 enjoy everyone I met, no matter their place of origin, knew and understood the earring code, as arbitrary as it seems.
It was even solidified in the New York Times: A 1991 report said gay 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 writer wrote about his hold piercing journey.
Historically speaking, the truth is more complex. Earrings on guys hold signified many things over the years, such as social stature or religious affiliation. In his book The Naked Man: A Analyze of the Male Body, Desmond Morris explains that earrings have indicated wisdom and compassion in the stretched earlobes of the Buddha, while pirat
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 Assist. 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.. good for you, see ya around.
Person 1: wait can I get your #?
Person 2: ummm…. try Grindr I’m straight sorry.
Why Did We Grow 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 enjoy everyone I met, no matter their place of origin, knew and understood the earring code, as arbitrary as it seems.
It was even solidified in the New York Times: A 1991 report said gay 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 writer wrote about his hold piercing journey.
Historically speaking, the truth is more complex. Earrings on guys hold signified many things over the years, such as social stature or religious affiliation. In his book The Naked Man: A Analyze of the Male Body, Desmond Morris explains that earrings have indicated wisdom and compassion in the stretched earlobes of the Buddha, while pirat