Oh, you are a sweet one. I am 52 years old, and grew up in Metro New York. When I was a tiny kid, my little playmates, mostly daughters of first-generation Italian immigrants, all had their ears pierced when they were infants. In my elementary school, which was a true melting pot of many cultures, many, if not most, of the young girls from Italian and Hispanic immigrant families had pierced ears. I learned it was simply traditional in their backgrounds. There's absolutely nothing sexual or negative — or primitive, as your photo implies — about it.
Get over yourself.
I'm not interested in your 1950s elementary school, melting pot, blah blah blah.
My point is that allowing pre-teen girls TODAY, when we have so many sexual predators preying on children, to dress like prostitutes and wear adult-style jewelry is not helping the situation.
I'm sorry you're so fixated on your 1950s childhood that you can't grasp that simple point.