Earrings on men, in general history, signify slavery.<\/p>\n
When then would a man wants to wear earrings?<\/p>\n
David Leach has the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n by David Leach<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I admit, I was curious enough to see if there was any consensus online about this issue. There isn\u2019t. Though I did find a funny line from some unnamed wag that I wish I would have thought of first: \"If God wanted you to wear earrings He would have made you a girl.\"<\/p>\n However, if there was anything near a consensus I would suppose it would be that males wearing earrings is considered a matter \"indifferent.\" Which is to say, Scripture does not forbid it, thus it becomes a matter of taste and preference. Perhaps in the final analysis, that is true, but I confess, being the culturally bound child of the 1950\u2032s that I am \u2013 I still have stubborn problems with the practice, which I will list for your consideration.<\/p>\n 1. Earrings, at least in my time, were associated with effeminate behavior and homosexuality. Since these types were the first men to wear earrings in our modern culture, you will excuse me if I do not rush to the nearest jeweler to join the happy (gay?) parade. This fact alone ensures for perpetuity my absolute resolve in the matter. No earrings for me, not ever.<\/p>\n 2. Earrings are worn to highlight facial beauty, so I am unclear why a man wishes to be thought beautiful. Maybe it\u2019s best to be unclear about some things.<\/p>\n 3. Historically, (not absolutely, but generally) earrings were worn by pirates and slaves. My time in the Navy was sufficient for me, and I have no desire to float about the Caribbean growling \"arrrrghhh matey.\" And since I consider myself a slave to no man, and only a servant to God \u2013 and God does not require it or even encourage it, I am completely uninterested.<\/p>\n 4. If you know me, and chances are likely you do if you are reading this, I am almost always reluctant to follow pop culture into it\u2019s latest transient preferences. I freely admit that I do wonder about men and women who feel compelled to follow every new pop cultural nuance.<\/p>\n 5. I think women are grand, super, wonderful beyond words\u2026but I do not want to be a woman. Look like a woman. Act like a woman. Nor do I wish to be part of any process, no matter how seemingly benign and trivial, that blurs the already way too blurred lines between men and women.<\/p>\n 6. I am uncool. I like being uncool. I work at it, I yearn for it. If wearing earrings makes one cool, God help me to be the \"uncoolest\" man in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earrings on men, in general history, signify slavery. When then would a man wants to wear earrings? David Leach has the following: by David Leach I admit, I was curious enough to see if there was any consensus online about … Continue reading