Let's focus for a moment on something lighter than all the misery in the world. I just read something saying that women over 40 shouldn't have long hair - that is, longer than shoulder-length. I've heard this before. Do people really subscribe to this idea or is it a hangover from an earlier era when women turned up their hair after coming of age? I'm old enough to have had a grandmother who reportedly had waist-length hair but I never saw it down - it was always tied up in a ribbon. I've always had long hair and I would never cut it. I don't care what anyone thinks - I don't care if I look like mutton dressed as lamb. But some people seem to feel pretty strongly about older women having hair past the shoulders. I'm amazed that the cutoff seems to be forty. So young!
However, when I think of all the ladies I know who are 60-plus, I can't think of a single one who has long hair, and all my parents' women friends had short hair as far back as I can remember.
Should women past 40 cut their hair off?
Why do hardly any older women have long hair?
Why does anyone care?
Is it due to practical concerns - ie hair gets so thin with age that you really can't wear it long? Is it because long hair really does look not-great with older faces? Or is it just another attempt to control women?
I've never had great hair. Some people have naturally amazing thick glossy hair, but I don't, and it takes quite a bit of work and then it's only OK. But I still prefer it to short hair and it wouldn't suddenly morph into great hair just because it's short - it would probably look worse. I'm a little hurt as to why society says we olds should have short hair. It's as if we're not attractive enough to have princessy hair just because we're not young.
However, when I think of all the ladies I know who are 60-plus, I can't think of a single one who has long hair, and all my parents' women friends had short hair as far back as I can remember.
Should women past 40 cut their hair off?
Why do hardly any older women have long hair?
Why does anyone care?
Is it due to practical concerns - ie hair gets so thin with age that you really can't wear it long? Is it because long hair really does look not-great with older faces? Or is it just another attempt to control women?
I've never had great hair. Some people have naturally amazing thick glossy hair, but I don't, and it takes quite a bit of work and then it's only OK. But I still prefer it to short hair and it wouldn't suddenly morph into great hair just because it's short - it would probably look worse. I'm a little hurt as to why society says we olds should have short hair. It's as if we're not attractive enough to have princessy hair just because we're not young.