gerber@mit-athena.UUCP (Andrew Samuel Gerber) (04/21/85)
Many years ago, any guy with an earring was either gay or a misplaced sea pirate. (I'm speaking of 10 years ago, for me, that was a long time ago, I was only 9). Nowdays, many straight (and gay men) are getting/have gotten their ears pierced. Now the question is --- which ear means what? When gay men first started getting their ears pierced, someone with an earring in the left ear was "dominant", someone with an earring in the right ear was "submissive". (This may be different according to local customs, etc. I'm speaking of the east coast, New York and Boston sort of area.) Then, the straight people (who so often follow gay styles), started getting their ears pierced (the men, that is). Now, of course, men aren't "submissive". So they got their left ears pierced. So what do we have now? A lot of GAY men with their LEFT and/or RIGHT ears pierced. A lot of STRAIGHT men with their LEFT ears pierced. And some STRAIGHT men with their RIGHT ears pierced, because they were misinformed/stupid/just liked it that way. (And that's what I think is REALLY important -- you should just get whichever ear pierced that you want). So, any adult who is worrying about the sexual persuasion of their children by looking at what ear they have pierced is: A) Stupid, and B) Doesn't know their children very well. If you think your son/daughter is gay, ASK THEM! Don't try to look at what they wear/what they act like, etc. If you can't talk to your children, can't be supportive of them, then it's really not worth talking at all. Anyway, that's my piece. I know I'll never get my ears pierced for the simple reason that they stick out enough already, I don't want to draw any more attention to them. Andrew S. Gerber -*- Student Consultant -*- Project Athena -*- MIT =============================================================================== {tektronix,linus,ittvax,decwrl,ucbvax,genrad}..!decvax!mit-athena!gerber ARPA: gerber@mit-charon.ARPA, gerber@mit-athena.ARPA =============================================================================== The opinions expressed above may not be those of the ATHENA project, MIT, or The Tech, MIT's only decent student newspaper. Knowing the bugs in our readnews, they may not even be my own. **Caveat Emptor**