Are short haired girls attractive?

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Um.... do you really think that just because some men prefer longer hair, they're unfeeling monsters? This seems really personal to you... did your man leave you over cancer? Or because you lost a boob? Or cut your hair into a goofy short style and he gravely insulted you simply by not loving it?

This just seems like a huge assumption - that men are horrible creatures for not preferring short hair.

I asked out of curiosity and while your answers won't effect my not growing it back out, I asked to hear other people's opinions because I cut about 10 or 11 inches off of my hair about a year ago. The response from most friends and family was very positive even though they said that my long hair was very beautiful and they would miss it. My father and stepmother however reacted rather negatively. Much like nessa238 described, they are very obsessed with gender stereotypes and said some rather mean things to me because I cut it so short.

Lots of people will smile and say your new hairstyle is "cute" while they cringe on the inside... they're just being polite.

Of course, some short 'dos are better than others, and look better on some people than others... accept the fact that some hairstyles are going to look atrocious to some, and they may or may not be polite in saying so.

Right now mine is long, and probably will be for a while longer. I like it long because I can wear it so many different ways. I've had it short before and I liked that too. My husband prefers it long because that's just his preference, but he never said anything about me getting it cut. He said it looked good. Except this one time when we had been married for about 3 years. I wore it short then, and had for the past year or so. It looked great, but for some reason I wanted a curly perm. I got one. It looked absolutely horrible, but I loved it at the time! It was one of those helmet hair ones from 1990. The ones with the short straight hair over the ears and at the nape of the neck and the rest a bunch of big curls you comb and arrange with your fingers into a big round helmet. He was honest with me about that and I was furious. He never said anything else about it to me and even apologized. Looking back though, with that big curly short helmet do, and my big red Sally Jesse Raphael glasses, yeah. Not my best look.

The thing you should remember about long hair is that it doesn't usually look good on women over 50. I'm turning 50 next year and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to wear mine long. It makes you look older, and short hair seems to lift the face and draw the eye upwards. Of course updo's do that as well, but many of them tend to add years to your look. Some ladies can wear it long for several years after 50 but some need to cut it when they are about 45! So, I didn't notice your age, but if you liked long hair and want it back some day, take into account your age and how long it will take to grow. It would be sad to let it grow for a few years only to see that you needed to cut it.

For me, hot women are hot, no matter how short their haircut is.

I am going to be only 20 this year so I don't know that I have to worry so much about the "over 50" thing.

It depends on the haircut style. This is an example of the kind of short hair style that is attractive:

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Oh, you have a long way to go then! You have plenty of time lol.

No, it's not personal to me at all in terms of cancer

I could just imagine a lot of men on here not beign able to deal with their partner not being 'perfect', seeing as
there seems to be an inability to see women as actual people rather than some kind of anime being made real!

It's just a logical progression from the not liking short hair thing many men have

I have an issue with the way most men insist on a woman being sufficiently gender typical or she's not good enough;
not 'feminine' enough

Men like that aren't 'good enough' for me ie ones who can't think any further than gender stereotypes

It is not a logical progression at all. If it were then women who like men with long hair would prefer them to have small penises and not be muscular or have body or facial hair. Is that a logical progression also?

There are plenty of men who like short hair. There are just as many who like long hair. I personally prefer long hair because I think it's prettier.

In my experience both men and women seem to prefer women to have longer hair and there seems to be this ridiculous idea amongst the stupidest people that you could even be a lesbian if your hair is short

I don't follow your logic, sorry

If men generally see women with short hair as less feminine, women would see men with long hair as less masculine and not like it; they therefore wouldn't want them by gender stereotyping rules so their dick size wouldn't come into it

But male hair is funny as long flowing hair can be masculine on a man as well as short

I've generally gained the impression that men do prefer longer hair on a woman - you'd need to poll the whole world to be sure though, which I don't have the resources to do

You rather undid your own argument as well by saying you yourself find longer hair prettier - this is exactly what I said
- women as well as men prefer longer hair

feel free to argue the toss though, that's what makes WP such fun!

I don't see how having short hair is any less feminine. Women have been rocking short hairdos for a LONG time this side of the middle ages.
There was no mistaking Twiggy, Marilyn Monroe or Madonna for men.

It's interesting to see a near even divide on what is attractive, though, which is the actual question of the thread. Different strokes for different folks? We all have our preferences, and there are a lot of people that have a preference for short hair as well as long. Nothing to lose your hair over I guess.

Oh, and OP's hair is pretty

I'd say Twiggy had short hair and Madonna has had it short but Marilyn Monroe's hair wasn't particularly short

Also, these people were models/celebrities ie their faces were of above average attractiveness anyway so I'd expect them to
be found attractive however their hair was done

It is all based on the underlying attractiveness of the person and their bone structure generally

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I don't think it's the short hair = lesbian thing, but I think it's a particular style of hair, clothing, and look put altogether that cause that assumption. Of course it's not always correct. It's not always correct that the girl with the long wavy hair and makeup and gorgeous dress and killer heels is straight either. That doesn't mean that none are.

One of the kids friends is in her early 20's and moved in with her gf recently. They have been together a while and are happy. They are both women and the girl that we have known for years has cultivated the stereotypical "lesbian" look. Her hair is in a buzz cut, she doesn't wear makeup (except she did when she took a date to the prom - just base and powder and lip gloss though, she wore a tux) she dresses in guy's clothes and has masculine mannerisms. That's just her preference. Her girlfriend is very feminine, has long hair with a perm, dresses in feminine type clothes and wears makeup and jewelry. That's just her preference. They are both women and there is nothing wrong with either of them dressing how they want to.

Oh, btw, the girl in that relationship who we have known a long time, she prefers her girlfriends hair long. She even posted about it on FB when the gf wanted to get it cut. Uh oh! So now what?

This follows my argument too ie the female in this lesbian couple who has the masculine haircut and image wants her girlfriend to have the feminine image ie the long hair