HAIR!
I know what you’re thinking, “I thought you guys were deeper than this!” and well, that’s very true. But I’m going to talk about hair anyway. While I’ve always had a full head of golden locks, it has varied significantly in its length. I remember when I was in sixth grade and the hairdresser cut it “to my chin,” which really meant “where my chin met my ears.” I was pretty devastated. Most of my adolescent life I had what would be described as long hair; at its longest it was probably just below the middle of my back. I broke up with someone when I was 18 and chopped it all into a short, jagged cut that reached just below my ears – same length as grade 6, but this time it was kickass and not bowl cut. I loved it, and loved how I felt (hence the reason my hair is still hovering around this length), but didn’t prepare myself for the difference in how people would treat me. I didn’t get nearly as much attention, which baffled me, because I didn’t think my hair was really why people paid attention to me in the first place. Of course, the attention that I was getting was all of a sudden in a whole different category. This new attention was of an extremely heightened caliber – men were more respectful, sleazebags didn’t approach me as much, and the catcalling and whistling decreased dramatically. I was completely unprepared for the drop in attention, but after I got over the initial surprise, it was a welcome change in my life.
- Blondie
Have you ever experienced stereotype or difference in the way you were treated because of the colour or cut of your hair?
HORRIBLE!!
The summer going in to Juniot High was HORRIBLE! I had been voted best hair in the school in grade 6, my mom decides thats its a good Idea to “clean” up the ends….
I left looking like a young boy.
All summer long I never took my bucket hat off…
Grade 7 I was doomed.. I would never get a boyfriend with short hair..:( But the cutest guy in the class had a crush on me
so maybe it was so bad after that! 
But then came the BRACES
Oh boy. Well your hair is beautiful now! Thankfully I never had to endure braces!!!
Wow, I’m surprised how much of a noticeable difference a haircut made. Imagine if you dyed it.
I wonder how much of it is because you carry yourself differently when you look different.
I hope I never treat anybody differently because of something so insignificant as a haircut (but I probably do anyway, at least as far as hair affects attractiveness). Personally, I’ve just stopped bothering with hair altogether.
I’ve considered stopping bothering with hair. But those thoughts never last long. I’m sure we do treat people differently without even knowing it
I had the same thing happen to me. I had long hair in junior high and then I chopped it off and a boy who had been talking to me every day suddenly forgot that I was ALIVE. He didn’t speak to me after that. Awful but true.
Every time I cut my hair off I get far less attention than when it is longer. I think it’s this weird primal thing that we still abide by.
I totally think it IS a weird primal thing. Or the stereotype that all playboy models/slutty girls usually have longer hair…
Im a curly haired brunette. In the summer time I lighten it and by the end of the summer I am often refered to as blond (although I think it is more caramel) and yes by the end of the summer I do get much more attention ESPECIALLY if I straighten it. While the attention is fun and options are always good I like my curly hair.
Fascinating. There is an old adage that I vaguely recall that men are afraid of commitment because they’re afraid that they’ll marry someone who’ll then get her hair cut very short. Long hair is, I rather suspect, attractive to most men, and there’s not a great deal that most men can do about it.
I find myself immediately drawn to girls with short hair more than long hair. Maybe because it’s not as common, and I tend to be attracted to uncommon.
Which makes me weird I guess. Maybe most guys go for long hair.
Is that why you want to marry us so badly?
Yeah, that must be it. “Uncommon” is one way to describe you guys.