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If this message appears more than once, I'm sorry I'm having trouble with my P.C. To answer your question, Richard, I have seen some men with long hair where in my opinion, it doesn't look attractive. But then again, that's my opinion. My ex-husband tried to grow his hair beyond his shoulders and it appeared very "stringy" and no matter how much he combed it, it made him look "scraggy and unkept." He hated it. When he cut it back to his collar-line it appeared "thicker" and I found it a lot more attractive on him. He thought so as well. Short hair doesn't suit me. I cut my hair off before I had my daughter and I thought I looked awful and I felt awful to. My friends said I had the "mommie" look, which made me cringe. Now it has grown back down towards my waist and I feel my "normal" gypsy self.
I feel that everyone has a look that is all their own and most of the fun is exploring to find out what makes you feel your best. Everyone is free to do and appear anyway they wish and I respect people for that and support them, whether it looks good in my opinion or not. They are the masters of their destiny.
Peace to you.
I know exactly what you mean! Great minds think alike ;) ! I also am sent fleeing by the "corporate look". To me, I know this may sound terrible, but these types just look so "castrated" I swore to myself as a teenager, and I still swear to myself, that I will not become a "clone". I kind of hate to say something like this, though, because I feel I'm judging these "corporate" guys the way they must judge us, and they are probably some decent guys among them personality-wise. However, I will admit, am much more comfortable around a guy who at least has sideburns or something ;) ! I also now what it's like to be thought of as a "vagrant"; twice cops have taken me aside because they mistook me for someone they were looking for. Of course, the joke was always on them when they looked up my driver's liscense number in the police computer and found nothing (not even a parking ticket!). Of course, the whole experience is still a little unnerving.
Also, I forgot to mention, I actually DO know of at least one long-haired lawyer (maybe two) who was featured on the news during a court case. The staunch, conservative judge wouldn't let him into the courtroom with his hair. Do you know what happened? They changed judges! Another victory for longhaired professionals. I'm glad there's at least one guy who's blazing the trail for our %3 minority! I remember the guy had a pretty impressive braid (at least halfway down his back).
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The last bastion of dictatorship in a free country: judges!!
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you forgot microsoft
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You're right!! I DID forget Microsoft and King Billy!
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I realize this isn't your point, but FWIW, there are many longhaired men at Microsoft. It is a very longhair-friendly place to work; hardly a place where that longhair-unfriendly judge would be comfortable. :-)
8-)
Greg
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I stand corrected. My sincerest apologies.
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Are they long hair friendly? - Just curious if anyone knows.
There's an IBM shop across the street from us. I'll have to pay attention when I run into them and perhaps bring up the subject. Any IBMers on the list?
I imagine it probably depends upon where in IBM you work, not just where in the country but what sort of position you have.
Do you have any information on who it was? I would like to feature people like this. If anyone else has information on people such as this, please let me know.
I've practiced law now for about 18 years. I cannot imagine any of the judges with which I'm familiar excluding a lawyer from the courtroom due to his or her hairstyle. That would be too blatent even for all but the most evil or foolish judge. What is more likely is that a judge (or jury) will take less seriously a lawyer who does not look or act like the conventional image of a lawyer. The reason more lawyers don't have long hair is not crazy judges--it's the conformist corporate culture to which most lawyers (like other businesspeople) must belong in order to get ahead.