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Why does Men who choose to wear long hair have to be associated with "rebellion" to be in style?
for that matter, why can't long hair on men be just regarded as a choice of hairstyle like it is with women?
when I see a long haired woman I don't think she wears it long due to "rebellious" reasons.
when I see a short haired woman I don't think she wears it short due to "rebellious" reasons.
hair should be regarded as a style, not to be associated with any particular "movement" or youthful "rebellion".
this is not the 1960s and those who give you a look of disapproval have issues and they are the ones that need to change, not you. it's your style and you should think of it
that way and so should the others who don't like it.
I started growing my hair in 1964, so through out the
entire 1960s and beyond I was very much in rebellion.
The more the school administrators/teachers/employers
complained about my long hair the more developed the incentive
to grow it longer.
The more they complained about the clothes I wore the more
I rebelled and wore what I wanted to and went against the dress
code.
So if you're growing your hair long in 2013 it would still be
very much a rebellion since the vast majority of men have short
hair and that is what society fully expects. After having long
hair for 49 years i'd have hoped that society would have
become more accepting of long hair on men but it hasn't. I see
too many guys on this board going through the same
hassles I went through in the 1960s.
That would be like saying that a woman getting a pixie haircut is rebelling because the majority of women have longer hair.
sorry, but i don't see it that way.
during the 1960s Men with long hair were denied service at many restaurants and other business establishments. most employers would NOT hire them.long hair was associated with the anti-war and hippie movements of the day. it was considered counter-cultural then, but not now.
I suspect that you've been gainfully employed for years and I seriously doubt anyone would deny you service today based on the length of your hair.
I think it is more of a style choice than anything now.
I see people working in places with pink and purple hair which would have been considered rebellious during the 1980s, but not today. for them, it's just a style choice. nothing more.
Depends on the areas. It wouldn't happen here in New York
but there are areas of the US of A where I would be denied service for having long hair. And there are employers who would
not hire me with long hair. .
I have to disagree. When I started growing my hair long in 1964
it was very much a rebellion. School administrators, teachers,
employers, authorities were very much against the idea of long hair on men.
Granted now it is somewhat better but still ir ia very much
rebellious for men to grow their hair long. There are some areas
of the US of A that are long hair freindly and there area also
some areas that are very much against the idea of men growing their hair long.
I would also mention that alot of women around here in this
part of New York are very much Rebelling against socieity and
wearing their hair short. I can go into a local store and out
of 100 women in the store, 99 will have hair shorter than mine.
That also is rebelling against a society that expects women to
have long hair. There was a time when women did have long hair,
mnay of them have now gone for shorter hair.
A large persentage of the public associates long hair on men as a form of rebellion due to the fact they percieve it that way. For some it may be memory associated with thew 60s and 70s. To many , who are fully assimilated in the societal "norm" that men have short hair, it is difficult for them to think of long hair on men as just a personal choice/fashion. It's all part of our tribal based lymbic system. We have to cubbyhole everything. otherwize it's uncomfortable, and if it makes you uncomfortable, you must fear it (subconsciously) Funny critters, humans. Smart , but usually undone by emotions and a fear of difference/change. However, Mindsets do evolve and over time, sometimes a lot of time, relatively speaking, social attitudes adapt.