Earings male

[Katia]

Katia,
"I really don't care what someone else thinks." But maybe Aonghas (the OP) does - are you implying that he is wrong to feel that way?

That part wasn't even addressed to the OP, but to the person who implied I might have body mods because I'm trying to be like someone else, and if I were truly an individual, I wouldn't have any.

Then again, I'm not sure why you think me stating what *I* do has anything to do with the OP, anyway. I thought that was the point of my post-- do whatever you want, and don't let anyone else tell you what's right for YOUR life.

"Anyone who doesn't like it can bite me." As you get older, you may discover they do just that.

Let them. I bite back. As I get older, the less I care what other people who have no importance to my life think, and the less I think I or anyone else has a right to make comments about what a person does/says/looks like that doesn't negatively affect me or someone else. I cannot for the life of me think what would make me entitled to make a comment to or judgment on another person for what they choose to wear/look like, if it's not offensive, harmful, or vastly inappropriate for the situation they're in. It may not be my cup of tea, but it's none of my business. I'm not big on eyebrow piercings, or skinny jeans, or tube tops, or whitey-tighties, or mustaches, but I'll defend to the hilt your right to wear same and your right not to be accosted by anyone for doing so in a harmless manner.

While I don't disagree, Katia, I think that we must all realise that we are all constrained by the world we live in.

There are parts of the civilised world where it is illegal for a man and his wife to walk down the street hand in hand. A fine would ensue. A kiss on the cheek warrants imprisonment.

Many restaurants require their patrons to wear long trousers during the day; socks on their feet; shirt and tie and jacket in the evening.

The British forces will allow a man to have a pierced ear, but they must not wear an earring while in uniform. Many top retail outlets do not hire staff with visible tattoos.

Unfair and unjust, certainly, but there is no way of legislating the world to be a nicer place.

Regards

Chas

Please go back and read the part of my post that states If I don't need to dress a certain way for a specific occasion or place...

I know how to dress appropriately. More so than a lot of people I know (of all ages), that's for sure, and often more conservatively. But when there are no rules, I do what I want, and since there are no rules, who's to tell me what I can and can't wear depending on whether it fits their personal aesthetic or not?