2007-07-30 19:31:31 · 12 answers · asked by babybro_1988 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Left is right, right is wrong.
apperently, gays are "wrong" to whoever made the rhyme...so they have the right ear pierced.
2007-07-30 19:42:44 · answer #1 · answered by risks_(with a pessimist) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 60's & 70's a man with a left ear pierced meant that he was gay and sexually dominant, and having his right ear pierced meaning gay and sexually submissive.
By the 80's & 90's it had evolved to a man with his right ear pierced perceived as being gay and a man with his left ear being pierced perceived as being straight.
Now, it just means a pierced ear.
(Men getting their ear pierced originated with pirates; the value of the earring was meant to pay for their burial if they were lost at sea and their body washed ashore).
2007-08-02 21:24:46 · answer #2 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whichever ear they prefer. Some choose the right, some choose the left, some choose both, most choose none. The idea of signalling using an ear piercing is about twenty five years old and no longer means anything.
2007-07-31 02:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's totally irrelevant now. There was some following in the late 80s and early 90s, which was usually the left ear, but now no one does it.
2007-07-31 02:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Rat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i'm gay and i have both ears pierced, i dont think it matters now, just do what you want.
2007-07-31 10:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by Angelo 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ha, i had been wondering that myself. I asked one of my friends, and they say its the right ear, but it wouldn't be the first time they were wrong, sorry
2007-07-31 08:39:49 · answer #6 · answered by E.Q. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which ever ear they want!
2007-07-31 03:06:18 · answer #7 · answered by ~Twisted Sister~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right ear
2007-07-31 02:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's the right one. However, I also think it's just part of the stereotypes to look that way.
2007-07-31 03:18:55 · answer #9 · answered by djb32067433_1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the right. The way i think of it is right rides the other bus
2007-07-31 03:12:54 · answer #10 · answered by Southparker77 (for Da Ben Dan) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋