Should men be allowed to wear earrings to work? Is it acceptable for a male auto damage adjuster at GEICO to wear earrings? At some companies why can women wear earrings, but men receive negative criticism if they want to wear earrings? Do you think pierced ears on men look good?

2018-06-12T11:00:40+00:00

Had this discussion the other day with a male friend who wears an earring. No one has mentioned any problem with it, so it's fine as far as I'm concerned. At least there is consistency.

Marvel-Mystery · 2018-06-13T10:47:12+00:00

Don’t be hating on men with earrings. I so happen to think it looks good.

Sininenn · 2018-06-12T12:52:53+00:00

I'm all for gender neutral dress codes, but that also means not getting too worked up when a boy can wear a skirt to school.

fasterfind · 2018-06-12T14:08:40+00:00

Non-issue.

Men just don't give much of a shit about anything as long as work gets done, common sense is present, and logic is applied. We're bottom liners. Let there be earrings.

Marvel-Mystery · 2018-06-13T03:22:12+00:00

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? I think it should be ok for men to wear earrings, but I know not everyone agrees.

antilopes · 2018-06-15T03:11:24+00:00

Dress codes for staff who deal with the public reflect public opinion, which is gendered. So employers do have the right to ban earings for men but not women, unfortunately.

It would be possible to legislate against gendered dress codes. Some schools have removed either sex or gender or both from their dress and grooming rules, it is possible and seems to work fine at school. Customer-facing work is a very different situation though.

2018-06-15T17:12:52+00:00

1) Should it be allowed?

That's a right for the business to decide. Men have no "right" to wear ear rings at a private business anymore than women have a right to violate their dress code.

2) Is it acceptable?

Wouldn't bother me but then again outward appearances rarely do.

3) Why can some but not others

Because people have preferences and many of those preferences are gendered.

4) Do I think they look good?

No not particularly I think they look like a desperate cry for help and are really tacky. That being said unless you're responsible for dressing me for some reason I don't care what your tastes are.

JoeSmith1907 · 2018-06-13T04:33:46+00:00

I don't understand why a guy would pierce his ears or wear an earring. It shows superficiality, and a defective aesthetic sense. Over time it's not good for the cervical disc spaces

antilopes · 2018-06-12T11:24:35+00:00

There are real problems out there, we don't need to you make mountains out of molehills. *You sound like a woman.

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