Edited sentence: (compare hanky code).Does it make any difference if a man pierces his left earlobe or his right earlobe.For example, in the early 1990s, Ann Landers responded to a letter with the (very incorrect) advice:  left is right, right is wrong, and both is a girl.In the United States, ear piercing among men is still somewhat uncommon, and a single piercing in the left earlobe is the variation seen most often.There persists an unfortunate urban legend to the effect that a man's choice of pierced ear indicates his sexual orientation, with a pierced right ear designating a gay man, and the left ear, a straight man.This concept was never true, but has nevertheless been perpetuated.With body piercing becoming mainstream, and males now often piercing both ears, the left vs.right idea has largely faded