^Funny, I think it was the hair that made all the Bajoran women seem like lesbians to me too!
Men & Pierced Ears: Sexy or Not?
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Hm. Maybe the hair makes them all homosexual. The only heterosexual Bajorans are the the bald ones. Have we ever seen a bald Bajoran? (well, I guess it's hard to say under that monk hoods...)
Still, hair or not, Kira was pretty smocking. Lipstick lesbian?
Still, hair or not, Kira was pretty smocking. Lipstick lesbian?
In 1997 I decided the whole left/right gay/straight coding was stupid, and got one in each ear. I haven't wore any in many years, maybe I'll start again.
I voted for choice #1. I love men who have pierced their ears. I prefer only one...but two is okay also.
But for me they need to have longer hair to go with it, too - that is pretty much a requirement. Love guys with long hair (or really good long dreads) and a single piercing. Extremely sexy.
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, one of the sexiest guys around, IMO, is the lead singer of the band Il Nino. All that and a good voice too! This guy totally does it for me.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVo1EWEm13o[/yt]
But for me they need to have longer hair to go with it, too - that is pretty much a requirement. Love guys with long hair (or really good long dreads) and a single piercing. Extremely sexy.
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, one of the sexiest guys around, IMO, is the lead singer of the band Il Nino. All that and a good voice too! This guy totally does it for me.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVo1EWEm13o[/yt]
^Oh lord. I couldn't disagree more! Dreds on white dudes are the WORST THING IN THE WORLD!!!
And in my opinion, there are only about four men in the world who look good with long hair, and three of them are Johnny Depp in different movies.
And in my opinion, there are only about four men in the world who look good with long hair, and three of them are Johnny Depp in different movies.
Well, we agree on the Johnny Depp part, anyway.
Although yeah...I love guys with long hair in general. Not just Johnny Depp. As a reference you might appreciate, I think Chris Cornell looks LOTS better with longer hair than with short. He was awesome with long hair. And IIRC, he also had at least one ear pierced - I'd have to go back and look at some videos to see if both....
Also, technically, Cristian Machado (the lead singer of Ill Nino referenced above) would be classified as Hispanic, I think - he is Brazilian.
Which for me, only makes it better still.
Couldn't care less about ears and earrings. I don't even wear them, myself. I'm much more interested in a man's voice, interests, talents, eyes, sense of humor, etc.
I do think a few choice adornments can enhance attractiveness. I'll go with sexy. Gotta have sexy ears though. Even sexier on the upper ear.
I only like pierced ears on men if the man is at all alternative in life/dress. In a band? Great. Got stretchers and dreads? Great. Biker? Great. Goth? Great. Pretty boy stylings? Great.
Work in a bank and are utterly mainstream in every possible way? BLECH. You look like an idiot.
Yeah, totally opinionated post, this is my gut reactions to men with earrings.
Work in a bank and are utterly mainstream in every possible way? BLECH. You look like an idiot.
Yeah, totally opinionated post, this is my gut reactions to men with earrings.
An excellent point though.
I don't know if I'd go so far as to call them idiots...but I'd have to wonder about what possible passive aggressive thing is causing them to live an utterly mainstream life in every way (including their other fashion choices)...except for an earring. Or is it merely a fumbled attempt at coolness?
I don't know.
My theory is that they want to make sure people know are not a conservative, politically. Also that they have their toe in the hip pool, they.. recycle. Etc..
^I don't agree...actually, I don't really get your stance at all. I mean, what does occupation have to do with piercing? Why does a person have to subscribe completely to one specific look? Or to being one specific "type?" I'd imagine that someone so concerned about adhering completely to a specific image would be more dull and conformist than one who pulls bits and pieces from different aspects of subcultures that he likes.
The suit with the earring could very well be a way cooler dude than the "alternative" guy. Just because one is conforming to a subculture doesn't negate the fact that one is conforming.
The suit with the earring could very well be a way cooler dude than the "alternative" guy. Just because one is conforming to a subculture doesn't negate the fact that one is conforming.
I'm not judging people's coolness. This is my purely subjective response about fashion. Some things look dumb to me, my posts are about one of them. The dumbness reaction is a result of all kinds of influences, my age, where I've lived, people I've known. Is thinking something dumb judgemental? Yep.
^Oh, I have no problem with anyone being judgemental...that's the point of the thread, after all. I just don't really understand the perspective.
^ Well, obviously I can't speak for teacake...but I think everyone is a conformist in the end. It could be to a specific culture, subculture, or counterculture. Or it could well be as simple as 'conforming to the ideal of the non-conformist'.
I mean, as soon as the term was coined, it became it's own subculture, really, didn't it?
That's the thing about human beings...you have to run pretty far away from civilization to avoid ending up being lumped in one group or another. We are a grouping kind of species.
You also asked the question up-thread, about what occupation has to do with piercings, and why someone would adhere to a specific look. And I can certainly respond to that question. In certain professions (such as my own, for example), a guy having piercings of any kind, and a girl having piercings past what might be considered 'conservative' (1 or maybe 2 in each ear, none anywhere else) would be completely unacceptable. What we call in the accounting racket a 'CLM' - Career Limiting Move.
In many formal business environments - and banking is notoriously formal in many markets - you simply have to look and dress the part, or you get sent home. And that was the context in which my particular query to teacake was couched. In public accounting, a guy with an earring would almost certainly be making some sort of passive-aggressive 'statement' of non-conformity. Because it's not acceptable dress for that profession, and is viewed as a sign one is not serious about one's career in the field. This, in a profession that is all about paying dues and doing what is expected, regardless of the cost, personally.
Not saying that's right, because I certainly do not believe that one is a worse accountant with an earring in his ear. But it's the way some of the more conservative professions are.
I mean, as soon as the term was coined, it became it's own subculture, really, didn't it?
That's the thing about human beings...you have to run pretty far away from civilization to avoid ending up being lumped in one group or another. We are a grouping kind of species.
You also asked the question up-thread, about what occupation has to do with piercings, and why someone would adhere to a specific look. And I can certainly respond to that question. In certain professions (such as my own, for example), a guy having piercings of any kind, and a girl having piercings past what might be considered 'conservative' (1 or maybe 2 in each ear, none anywhere else) would be completely unacceptable. What we call in the accounting racket a 'CLM' - Career Limiting Move.
In many formal business environments - and banking is notoriously formal in many markets - you simply have to look and dress the part, or you get sent home. And that was the context in which my particular query to teacake was couched. In public accounting, a guy with an earring would almost certainly be making some sort of passive-aggressive 'statement' of non-conformity. Because it's not acceptable dress for that profession, and is viewed as a sign one is not serious about one's career in the field. This, in a profession that is all about paying dues and doing what is expected, regardless of the cost, personally.
Not saying that's right, because I certainly do not believe that one is a worse accountant with an earring in his ear. But it's the way some of the more conservative professions are.
Reminds me of one of my favourite lines from the South Park episode where Stan briefly joins the gang of Goth Kids:^ Well, obviously I can't speak for teacake...but I think everyone is a conformist in the end. It could be to a specific culture, subculture, or counterculture. Or it could well be as simple as 'conforming to the ideal of the non-conformist'.
I mean, as soon as the term was coined, it became it's own subculture, really, didn't it?
That's the thing about human beings...you have to run pretty far away from civilization to avoid ending up being lumped in one group or another. We are a grouping kind of species.
PKTrekGirl, it's astonishing to think certain circles still think like that in this day and age - how Victorian. 
Well, all this stuff I know, of course. What I'm trying to say is that it is very rare for a person to actually be the stereotype -- any stereotype (alternative/biker/banker/whatever). People are just more complex than that. The people who strive to fully adopt a specific look to me tend to be less interesting than those who choose for themselves.^ Well, obviously I can't speak for teacake...but I think everyone is a conformist in the end. It could be to a specific culture, subculture, or counterculture. Or it could well be as simple as 'conforming to the ideal of the non-conformist'.
I mean, as soon as the term was coined, it became it's own subculture, really, didn't it?
That's the thing about human beings...you have to run pretty far away from civilization to avoid ending up being lumped in one group or another. We are a grouping kind of species.
You also asked the question up-thread, about what occupation has to do with piercings, and why someone would adhere to a specific look. And I can certainly respond to that question. In certain professions (such as my own, for example), a guy having piercings of any kind, and a girl having piercings past what might be considered 'conservative' (1 or maybe 2 in each ear, none anywhere else) would be completely unacceptable. What we call in the accounting racket a 'CLM' - Career Limiting Move.
This is the part I didn't really think of, and that's likely because I've lived all my life in very liberal environments where a piercing wouldn't prevent a man from being CEO of the accounting firm. I just didn't make the connection to it being a sign of a lame attempt to make a statement. But then, I hang out with artists and musicians and scientists, not CEOs and accountants, so maybe it's just ignorance of the business culture on my part. I still think the "alternative" dude is just as likely to be a douche as the suit, though.
I'm not big on piercings in general, given that they, y'know, pierce. I've always wondered who the first person was to say, "Hey, wouldn't it be a great idea to puncture ourselves with sharp objects and walk around with them sticking out of us?"
I've had the same thoughts about eating lobster.
I've had the same thoughts about eating lobster.
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