Live and Let Live. Dear Abby: According to an ancient Chinese belief, the wearing of an earring in the left ear symbolizes that that person`s life has been endangered, and to prevent a recurrence, an earring is worn. It is supposedly protection against bad luck.
Considering this, why do guys pierce their left ear?
In ancient China, piercing in your left ear means that this person’s life is in danger and piercing in his ear can protect him from any mishap. For this reason in old ages, sailors had piercings in their ear so they can be protected from any blizzard in the sea and pirates used piercing in the ear for their protection.
Regarding this, why do guys only get one ear pierced?
A guy’s choice to wear one earring could simply be because he prefers one side to the other in terms of how he sleeps and which side he favors most. Some still use this one earring to spread the message that they are gay but that’s not always the case as even straight men can and do wear just one.
What does wearing one earring mean on a girl?
Long answer: No. It supposedly used to be that a single earring on the right meant gay, while one on the left meant nothing at all. Or that one on the left meant straight and both ears meant gay.
What does a earring in the right ear mean?
The complicated origins of the ‘gay’ earring — and whether anything has changed since we all learned about it as kids. 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.
