How accepted is long hair on men in Ireland these days?

Crustys

If from the back it makes the dude look like a lady it could be problematic.

It doesn't suit certain people. Especially men who are objectively ugly looking in the first place.

Fccwontletmebe wrote: »

Sorry but one of these things come to mind when never I see a grown man with long hair.

Hipster, Atheist, Vegan or someone with mammy issues.

Is that racist?

No it's not racist. But it does make you sound like an arsehole.

This is like reading some time warp letters page from a 1960's newspaper....

Is it ok for men to have long hair.....Christ......

I suppose you do realise that most 'modern' haircut styles date back to the 1940's.... Maybe the crew cut will make a return in 2030, followed by the flat top in 2035....

I haven't posted on boards in ages but I spotted this thread and felt like jumping in.

I have long hair and I used to be a secondary school teacher. Sadly, what someone said above is true, at least in schools. If there's a guy with short hair going for the job as well, he'll probably get it. A principal once told me that he didn't have a problem with my hair but he had talked to some principals that had. I know for a fact that there was one job I didn't get purely because I had long hair.

Anyway I've since left teaching (not because of my hair, but because of illness). I'm now operations manager for an educational company, and they definitely don't have an issue with my hair. And I'm in charge of hiring so I definitely won't be refusing someone a job based on their hair!

I always wanted long hair. I think it was because 2 of my 3 older brothers had long hair, and the third could grow it long if he wanted, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't grow it long. Once the mother stopped giving us the bowla haircut (which is allegedly making a comeback... *shudders*), I tried, but all I ever ended up with was something akin to a straight afro, but roaring red hair on a pale short freckled boy. My head hair grew out, not down, and wouldn't stay down. I gave up.

Now, 20+ years later, I can grow something they can't, a glorious beard. Granted, i've been slowly balding on top for a few years now, but they can't grow the beard so I'm happy now. As for long hair on men, it's grand, but as you can see above, it does have it's own problems, much like having a beard has its own problems, but you live with them because you're proud of your hair/beard, and as long as you don't care what other people think (the judgemental pricks), you'll be happy with what you want.

Sam011 wrote: »

If a short haired fella wanted the same job as the long haired guy, he'd get it.

Not if he was a skinhead wearing a tracksuit, and the long haired guy actually knew what the job entailed (see what I did there)...