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[quote=Anonymous]OK, it sounds like moms of babies w/ pierced ears are feeling personally offended at this point, which is totally understandable. You like it, you did it, that's fine. But OP asked a totally reasonable question, which is a good reminder that even those of us from "ear-piercing cultures" don't universally pierce or believe in piercing just because it's "done." It doesn't have real cultural or religious significance in any culture I know of-- it is done for the same reason cross-culturally, to enact a visible gender difference among babies and begin enforcing gender early. If you like pierced ears in baby girls, you're probably fine with this, or you think this is over-thinking or analyzing it. In any case, this is what pierced ears do: they tell us your baby is a girl. And sure, they are adorable, in a girly, feminine way. But I don't think there are any physical advantages that have been well-argued on this thread.[/quote]
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