S/o: is it “trashy” of parents to have their infant daughter’s ears pierced?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s cultural and the people calling it trashy are ignorant. My husband is Brazilian and ALL the Brazilians do it. From the wealthiest people with PhDs to the rest. It’s not for me and we did not do it to my girls. We also did not circumcise following the Brazilian tradition.

Tradition just not justify body modifcation of children who are unable to consent to something.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s cultural and the people calling it trashy are ignorant. My husband is Brazilian and ALL the Brazilians do it. From the wealthiest people with PhDs to the rest. It’s not for me and we did not do it to my girls. We also did not circumcise following the Brazilian tradition.

Tradition just not justify body modifcation of children who are unable to consent to something.

I 100% agree with you and that is why my daughters did not get their ear pierced until after 10 and my son is not circumcised (earrings are a much smaller procedures than circumcision), but it’s not trashy…

[Anonymous]

Female-earlobe-mutilation?

[Anonymous]

Anyone that mutilates an infant because they think it looks pretty is trashy IMO.

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Anonymous wrote:I pierced all my girls ears as soon as doctor said it was ok - maybe 12 weeks? I’m Latina and it’s absolutely cultural.

What I find weird is how ear piercing in white culture seems associated with puberty - it’s decoration for your body, not some signal you are entering womanhood.

I think the “trashy” comment is coded language for thinking poor people do it, at least in part because it’s more prevalent in immigrant communities.

It a femininity thing in Latin culture. Why does a baby need to “look” like a girl?

I mean white people put giant bows on their girl babies' heads and dress them in constant pink. Same thing.

You are equating a painful procedure with a bow?

My daughters both said getting their ears pierced was less painful than getting a flu shot. Are you also anti-vax?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I pierced all my girls ears as soon as doctor said it was ok - maybe 12 weeks? I’m Latina and it’s absolutely cultural.

What I find weird is how ear piercing in white culture seems associated with puberty - it’s decoration for your body, not some signal you are entering womanhood.

I think the “trashy” comment is coded language for thinking poor people do it, at least in part because it’s more prevalent in immigrant communities.

It a femininity thing in Latin culture. Why does a baby need to “look” like a girl?

I mean white people put giant bows on their girl babies' heads and dress them in constant pink. Same thing.

You are equating a painful procedure with a bow?

My daughters both said getting their ears pierced was less painful than getting a flu shot. Are you also anti-vax?

Are you that ignorant? Flu shot is for health, earrings are for what exactly? So strangers can tell it’s a girl in case the child isn’t already in a girly outfit? Is it important for strangers to know the gender of your child?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I pierced all my girls ears as soon as doctor said it was ok - maybe 12 weeks? I’m Latina and it’s absolutely cultural.

What I find weird is how ear piercing in white culture seems associated with puberty - it’s decoration for your body, not some signal you are entering womanhood.

I think the “trashy” comment is coded language for thinking poor people do it, at least in part because it’s more prevalent in immigrant communities.

It a femininity thing in Latin culture. Why does a baby need to “look” like a girl?

I mean white people put giant bows on their girl babies' heads and dress them in constant pink. Same thing.

You are equating a painful procedure with a bow?

My daughters both said getting their ears pierced was less painful than getting a flu shot. Are you also anti-vax?

Are you that ignorant? Flu shot is for health, earrings are for what exactly? So strangers can tell it’s a girl in case the child isn’t already in a girly outfit? Is it important for strangers to know the gender of your child?

+1. Ridiculous comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone that mutilates an infant because they think it looks pretty is trashy IMO.

+1 Let the child make their own decision when they are a teen.

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Anonymous wrote:I pierced all my girls ears as soon as doctor said it was ok - maybe 12 weeks? I’m Latina and it’s absolutely cultural.

What I find weird is how ear piercing in white culture seems associated with puberty - it’s decoration for your body, not some signal you are entering womanhood.

I think the “trashy” comment is coded language for thinking poor people do it, at least in part because it’s more prevalent in immigrant communities.

It a femininity thing in Latin culture. Why does a baby need to “look” like a girl?

I mean white people put giant bows on their girl babies' heads and dress them in constant pink. Same thing.

You are equating a painful procedure with a bow?

My daughters both said getting their ears pierced was less painful than getting a flu shot. Are you also anti-vax?

We're talking about INFANTS, pp.

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Anonymous wrote:I pierced all my girls ears as soon as doctor said it was ok - maybe 12 weeks? I’m Latina and it’s absolutely cultural.

What I find weird is how ear piercing in white culture seems associated with puberty - it’s decoration for your body, not some signal you are entering womanhood.

I think the “trashy” comment is coded language for thinking poor people do it, at least in part because it’s more prevalent in immigrant communities.

It a femininity thing in Latin culture. Why does a baby need to “look” like a girl?

I mean white people put giant bows on their girl babies' heads and dress them in constant pink. Same thing.

You are equating a painful procedure with a bow?

My daughters both said getting their ears pierced was less painful than getting a flu shot. Are you also anti-vax?

We're talking about INFANTS, pp.

Actually, we are talking about other people’s cultural traditions and whether you judge their culture as “trashy.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s cultural and the people calling it trashy are ignorant. My husband is Brazilian and ALL the Brazilians do it. From the wealthiest people with PhDs to the rest. It’s not for me and we did not do it to my girls. We also did not circumcise following the Brazilian tradition.

Tradition just not justify body modifcation of children who are unable to consent to something.

GMAFB

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Anonymous wrote:I think the girl should get to make this decision when she is older but I would not use the word trashy because I understand that there are different cultural norms about this. Latinas and Italians etc are more likely to have their ears pierced as babies than WASPS are, for ex.

I'm Italian and my mom had my ears pierced when I was only a few months old. I think its a terrible idea.

That just proves you are American, not a real Italian.

I'm a "real Italian". I think it's humorous that you think you know where I was born or any stranger on the internet for that matter. But that's so American of you!

[Anonymous]

So many of you are hypocrites, you claim to want immigration and different cultures here in the US but in reality you don't. You plant your lawn signs that say WE BELIEVE ... Immigrants are welcome, but call cultural practices trashy. You are either liberal hypocrites or MAGA.

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It's fine. I truly don't care.

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It makes me think of Janice from “Friends” or Fran Drescher.
I mean, I really don’t see what’s so bad about being tacky or trashy. Those are some of the best people.