Kan vi bruke øreringer?
Godt, det kommer an på hva du mener med fornuft. Øredobber gir ikke spesielle krefter, selv om sjømenn pleide å tro at øredobber kunne forbedre synet, og de tjener ikke et praktisk formål. Men øredobber har eksistert i tusenvis av år. Ismannen Ötzi (en mumie som er tusenvis av år gammel) hadde litt strakte ører. Gamle egyptiske barn antas å ha brukt øredobber. Menn som William Shakespeare hadde på seg øredobber under den engelske renessansen. Derfor, å bruke øredobber er en del av en lang tradisjon.
Det er der øredobber gir mening. Øredobber er en måte å uttrykke seg på. Generelt sett, piercinger kan vise ens motesans, gruppeidentitet, og åndelig tro. I hinduistisk religiøs tradisjon, mange jenter får hull i ørene som en del av en dharmisk rite. Vestlendinger har en tendens til ikke å se på handlingene deres som ritualistiske, but many Western girls get their ears pierced as a rite of girlhood. I disse dager, more boys are getting ears pierced too as their own right.
Som nevnt ovenfor, piercings can be part of personal expression. Look at the wide array of earrings people wear. Plugs, sølvbøyler, large diamonds, krysser, and little enamel pizza slices are all ways we see people express themselves with earrings. Go into any mall and take stock of the variety of earrings. Earrings also can express group identity. jeg har 18 ear piercings, including my tragus and daith (and also including other face and body piercings). It's probably no surprise that I identify as “alternative.” For me, getting my ears pierced for the first time was a right of passage. My later piercings were a way to express myself and look unique. I don't see many folks with the exact amount and type of piercings I have.
From a cultural perspective, ear piercings make sense. To say otherwise would undermine all rites of passage and personal expression. For eksempel, does it make sense to wear suits to work? What purpose do they serve? Practically speaking, they don't serve any use. But suits in one shape or form have existed for hundreds of years, and the suits of today are connected to what men (and some women) have been wearing for a long time. Suits tell us a lot about the wearer (where they work, their means, their fashion sense) just like earrings follow a long tradition and hint at the wearer's background.
Things don't need to be practical to be important, particularly when they carry such a long history. It's enough that they simply exist. Når noen får hull i ørene, de deltar i deres kultur og engasjerer seg i historien. Det er en mektig ting.