Why do most men cut their hair short and most women grow it long?

I can't honestly answer that one - I've always preferred men with long hair and women with short haircuts.

But then, I'm weird.

My husband had long hair for a while, he really wasn't able to make it work, he looked freaking ridiculous...plus he was walking around with bits of food and building site in his hair. It was pretty nasty.

I was so happy the day he walked out of the bathroom with his head clean shaven.
Not so happy when I walked into the bathroom and had to clean up all his hair out of the shower :mad:

Now he's growing a fuppin' beard... He looks like Hagrid and he's giving me beard rash. In protest I'm refusing to shave my legs. My toddler loves his beard, she's been clipping slides and plaiting it all week haha.

I have a number 2 haircut because I'm going bald, even before that I liked my hair reasonably short.

Never clean shaven though I always have a few days stubble.

As fo what people were saying about why women look good in skirts and heels and men don't, probably because most men are attracted to women.

Also most of us are way heavier than woman and would break our necks in heels!

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Long hair looks a lot better than a shaved head imo. Shaved head looks a bit knackerish imo, unless you're going bald...

I'd respectfully disagree with that. I reckon shaved heads on guys look great, I'd far prefer it to long hair.

Especially nice when it grows back to just beyond the stubble stage and gets lovely and soft and strokable, like a kitten's fur.

I've always found the double-standard when it comes to clothing a bit strange. If a woman wears trousers/jeans it's totally unremarkable and they can still be viewed as conventionally attractive, but if a man wears a skirt it's a complete subversion of his masculinity. Sort of reminds me of Eddie Izzard's response to people who ask why he wears women's clothes, “They’re not women’s clothes. They’re my clothes. I bought them.”

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

I think ye women don't like men with long hair because you're afraid it might look better than yer own

Yup, and that's 99% of the reason we don't all turn lesbian as well, too much hair competition :pac:

valoren wrote: »

I don't have a choice in the matter.

Being bald.

Yeah? Long bald, or short bald?

I like to keep mine trimmed and neat whilst the wife have shaved all hers off.
Ohhhhhh.......................just realised you were talking about head hair. Sorry bout that.

I want hair like Donald Trump's son. The rich boy look.

NoCrackHaving wrote: »

Boring answer: hair-length's gender associations are highly culturally sensitive. For example the Romans thought having long hair was the sign of a barbarian while the Gaelic inhabitants of Ireland associated short hair with being a slave. During the English Civil War it was a mark of which side you were fighting on. In the West the fashion for short hair on men really began with WW1 when lice and fleas in the trenches meant having beards and long hair wasn't a great idea.

Real answer: does any really give a **** any more?

I think that's pretty interesting yeah!

The worst thing is trying to grow thick hair out. In college I went about 18 months without having any length taken off mine, just thinned and styled. You get to a point about 5 months in where you get this massive thick mop, it's a nightmare to deal with.

Once the sides catch up with the rest and it falls over it looks cool.

I had a shaved head for years, but now have long hair and I think it suits me way better. Although its a pain to take care of, particularly when I'm rushing in the morning for work. Also the Jon Snow comments are getting tiring at this point :pac:

I have been thinking about shaving mine all off recently, but i know i would miss it too much. I have had it long for 20 years.
If I start going bald, i suppose I'll have to get rid of it.