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Golden earrings found in tombs from the Silla Kingdom, designated National Treasure No. 90 of South Korea in 1962. Earrings are pieces of jewellery attached to the ear via a piercing in the ear, or else clipped onto the ear, generally the earlobe in either case. They may be made of any number of materials, including metal, plastic, glass, precious stone, beads, wood, and bone. Earrings are worn by both sexes, although more common among women, and have been used by different civilizations in different times.Photograph: National Museum of Korea

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why do you keep removing my web page about men's earring styles ( http://cufflinkguru.com/types-mens-earrings ) from the cites? this web page was here on this article last year but someone starts to remove it without a fair reason. If you are going to remove it you should add similar and relevant content to replace it. thank you

Your ref spam does not support the content it follows. Theroadislong (talk) 18:18, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is breaking news. Vaccinations don't cause Autism, but earrings do! So, watch out and make sure your kiddos aren't out there wearing earrings or they might get autism!

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Para 6 of History states that, "By the late 1950s or early 1960s...most ear piercings were done at home." I do not believe this is correct; there was already a citation needed tag, and I've added a dubious one. There were undoubtedly many home piercings, but my clear memory of the time is that many jewelry stores in the mid to late 50s had an operator trained in safe piercing. If confirmed, this also vitiates the claim in the following para that Manhattan jewelry stores in the mid 1960s were "...some of the earliest commercial, non-medical locations for getting an ear piercing." As I recall, ear piercing was very fashionable in the late 50s, and jewelry stores moved to meet the demand; iirc, some dentists also performed this service. The issue is how dominant (if at all) were home piercings, and how available were semi-professional/commercial piercings.

I am certain of my memories because there was much discussion in our family during this period (approx 1954-1956) of my sister's desire to have her ears pierced; our mother, a doctor, would not allow the piercing unless it was done by an experienced person under safe conditions, and eventually it was done by a jeweller. I should qualify my memories somewhat; we were living in Toronto, Ottawa and Washington DC through this period, so a different situation may have existed outside large cities.

BTW, para 6 as worded doesn't follow on logically from the preceding para about the Ainu, which was probably inserted after the Western/European history paras were published. Perhaps the Ainu para needs to be moved; the section has a problem generally with combining history (vertical, as it were) with cross-cultural (horizontal) information.

I suspect that home piercings may actually have become more common in the mid-1960s, when piercing was somewhat less fashionable, with the rise of the counter-culture, but have no evidence for this. Actually, given the rapid changes in Western culture through this period, and the semiotic significance of earrings in the 1960s, I believe this brief discussion could be expanded considerably (with good sources, of course), perhaps even becoming a subsection. There is also possibly an opportunity for exploring comparative culture within Western culture: Was there a difference between countries? What about France? Italy? the UK? Urban vs rural? Southern US vs NE? This is way outside my area of expertise, however, so I hope someone with better knowledge & sources may take this and run with it. I'll keep it on my Watchlist, though.--D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 13:23, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the Ainu para and added some qualifiers to clarify the history timeline & location. I have left the home vs commercial issue strictly untouched for now.--D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 13:57, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have a picture of my sister ca. 1958 clearly showing the pierced earrings. Doesn't affect the above dispute, but it might be a good addition to the article. I'm a bit intimidated by all the requirements for permission to upload & publish, though. I will try & embed or link it here:

. . . Hmm, I seem to have done it. I know from past experience however the copyright requirements for articles are very strict; also this is a photo of a living person. Help! If I've already violated procedures, the image can be speedily deleted by any senior editor without reference to me. --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 14:25, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Photo and date may be useful, but unless Joan Patriarche London is notable, i.e., has a Wikipedia article about her, a better caption would be woman photographed in 1958 with pierced-ear earring. David notMD (talk) 01:09, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I propose that the following articles, which are stubs with few or no reliable sources cited, be merged into the 'Ear piercing' section of this article:

• Claw (piercing) - one paragraph, unsourced
• Conch piercing - two sentences, one cited source
• Ear stapling - two sentences, three cited sources
• Helix piercing - two paragraphs, one cited source
• Snug (piercing) - one sentence, one cited source
• Spiral (piercing) - one sentence, unsourced

Donald Albury 14:14, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Mostly support, with the exception of Ear stapling, which looks to be a (pseudo?)-therapeutic practice, as opposed to all the others, which are decorative in nature. Joyous! Noise! 05:10, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I will now perform the merges, except for 'Ear stapling', per above comment. - Donald Albury 19:09, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Donald Albury 19:48, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]