Hey everyone! There`s been a bunch of posts on here regarding long hair & its symbolism and the reactions of different parts of society to long hair. Now, I`m wondering about short hair (on girls mostly, but I guess on guys too)- what to people take it to mean? Is there any kind of symbolism attached to a female with short hair? I know that there are some people who seem to prefer short hair (and one or two who seem to like it TOO much- some of you know who I`m talking about :) ) For those who do prefer it, what are some of the reasons for it? And what about the women out there who have short hair? Why do you wear it short? And if you have long hair, why do you prefer that? I`m just wondering about these things because I`ve recently cut my hair short (not cropped, but definitely short), and I`ve encountered quite a few reactions to it. Some of them have been pretty negative- a guy at my school asked me "So what, you`re a dyke now or somethin`?" (Ok, that`s not really bad, but there`s nothing to make him draw that conclusion other than my hair) , and a girl said to me (partly in reference to a recent break-up with my b/f) "So it looks like you`re giving up on ever getting another guy" A few cruel souls at my school have taken to calling me boy`s names and asking me stupid things like "How`s it hangin`?" & "You gonna sign up for football now?". Also, a couple of adult men (not teenagers but adults, who I didn`t know at all) called me "Butch" and "C**tlicker" right to my face. :( :( :( These were the worst, but not the only, negative comments I`ve gotten. I know that these are stupid assumptions made by small-minded people, but I`m wondering how much of this is going around? I thought in our "enlightened" & "tolerant" world we were supposed to be past this kind of foolishness. I very much like having short hair & I won`t let it grow or change it or anything just because of this, but it made me curious. Is having short hair some kind of taboo? Am I supposed to be less of a girl if my hair`s not long anymore? If long hair is a sign of femininity, then is lack of it masculine in some way? So, I was just wondering what everyone else out there thought.
Thanks! Lotsa Love, Ingrid
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