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female hair and the military

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Topic: female hair and the military
Posted By: Amanda
Subject: female hair and the military
Date Posted: September 24 2000 at 8:52am
I recently read on another board a post by a woman
who had joined the army and was forced by them to
have her waist length hair cut off with the clippers so
that it was only an inch long on top and half an inch at
the sides.

I thought this only happened to men. Does anyone
know what the military regulations are for women's hair
or have personal experience of this sort of thing?

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Posted By: bobbedguy
Date Posted: September 25 2000 at 1:36pm
Well I am no expert but I think that girls are made to cut their hair very short for their initial basic training. After that I believe that they are allowed to have hair to just above the collar in length. Guys on the other hand do not have that choice. Why is that? I ask because I sense that there is a double standard there just like in society. I am a guy that like to break from stereotypes. I have my hair cut in a bob below my ears with bangs. I love the style with its versatility and movement.

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Posted By: phil
Date Posted: September 25 2000 at 7:41pm
I don't know which army the article referred to, but it can't surely be the U.S. or British ones. I believe their rules are for "short but functional", ie collar length.

However I do recall a tv documentary about the Australian army where the girls were given butch "wedge" cuts, and as I recall they quite liked it as it suited their tough image, but maybe that's Aussies for you! :-)

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