I have a question for the forum relating to men who wear earrings and how it relates to vanity.
"Vanity" is defined in the dictionary as:excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, and achievements.
I am a 51 year old male, I am married and have a teenage son. I also wear earrings.
The reason I wear them is that I like them and as they are just a piece of jewelry, like a ring, necklace or bracelet. I think they look good on me and enhance my appearance. I am a fairly plain looking person and think that jewelry just enhances my look.
Like all pieces of jewelry there are masculine types of jewelry and feminine types of jewelry. There are many types of earrings that I think are for women and I would never wear them because they are feminine looking. I think male and female fashion is different(this is a whole other topic of discussion) and I only wear masculine looking earrings (small studs)
Many men wear bracelets, necklaces and rings on their fingers. Why not earrings in their earlobes? If they are masculine studs or small hoops, I don't see the issue. Men have been wearing earrings on and off for centuries. it was only in the past few hundred years that the idea of men with earrings was effeminate. This antiquated notion is slowly going away, thankfully.
A bit of history:
I wore an earring when I was young (20's) and stopped wearing one when I joined an ultraconservative church in my late 20's. they forbade men from wearing earrings, so I stopped wearing one.
I left that ultraconservative church (mormon church) about 4 years ago and started wearing earrings again about a year ago. Shortly after that, at church an older woman noticed that I was wearing earrings and in a forthright way said that I was being "vain and rebellious".
The rebellious I could kind of see, but vain? The woman was dressed nicely and had her hair styled nice and had earrings herself, but she thought I was vain for wearing earrings? (I had on a plain shirt and jeans)
I don't see how a man wearing earrings is being vain (showing excessive pride in one's appearance) but a woman is not vain for the same thing?.
"Vanity" is defined in the dictionary as:excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, and achievements.
I am a 51 year old male, I am married and have a teenage son. I also wear earrings.
The reason I wear them is that I like them and as they are just a piece of jewelry, like a ring, necklace or bracelet. I think they look good on me and enhance my appearance. I am a fairly plain looking person and think that jewelry just enhances my look.
Like all pieces of jewelry there are masculine types of jewelry and feminine types of jewelry. There are many types of earrings that I think are for women and I would never wear them because they are feminine looking. I think male and female fashion is different(this is a whole other topic of discussion) and I only wear masculine looking earrings (small studs)
Many men wear bracelets, necklaces and rings on their fingers. Why not earrings in their earlobes? If they are masculine studs or small hoops, I don't see the issue. Men have been wearing earrings on and off for centuries. it was only in the past few hundred years that the idea of men with earrings was effeminate. This antiquated notion is slowly going away, thankfully.
A bit of history:
I wore an earring when I was young (20's) and stopped wearing one when I joined an ultraconservative church in my late 20's. they forbade men from wearing earrings, so I stopped wearing one.
I left that ultraconservative church (mormon church) about 4 years ago and started wearing earrings again about a year ago. Shortly after that, at church an older woman noticed that I was wearing earrings and in a forthright way said that I was being "vain and rebellious".
The rebellious I could kind of see, but vain? The woman was dressed nicely and had her hair styled nice and had earrings herself, but she thought I was vain for wearing earrings? (I had on a plain shirt and jeans)
I don't see how a man wearing earrings is being vain (showing excessive pride in one's appearance) but a woman is not vain for the same thing?.