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- From: zedaker@next03wor.wam.umd.edu (PMW "MAP")
- Subject: re:earrings/long hair on men
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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:40:21 GMT
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- From what I understand the idea of men wearing earrings, at least as far
- as sea-going travelers were concerned, was for the men to give the
- earrings (usually gold and such) to the guard at the gate of heaven. (Or
- something like that.) I think it was also a sign of manhood. In many
- cultures earrings of all sorts are a sign of beauty.
-
- On another note, did anyone out there realize that the tradition of men
- "having to" wear short hair didn't begin until World War I? There was a
- problem with the soldiers getting lice, therefore they were then required
- to have very short hair for easy detection. Notice pictures of Civil War
- officers. They almost always had a fair amount of hair, including often
- beards and/or large mustaches. After all Custer was known as "long/yellow
- hair" by the Native Americans.
-
- I believe that it is a free country and someone, male or female, might
- wear earrings and/or long hair as an expression of their individuality.
- If you don't like it then don't do it. I personally am not attracted to
- men with long hair and earrings; but that doesn't mean that I am offended
- by a man who wears earrings and long hair.
-