I soooo agree with black Masterpiece on the above two points!
Now I live in Southern California.... The land of all things plasitc lmao. Im not bashing Cali I love it and I wouldnt trade the weather or the lifestyle for anything... But I know my wonderful state "celebrates" vanity.
Black women with natural hair are not the norm out here... What is the norm is a whole lotta weave lol. I have always considered myself to be a confident women and I love to glam up! it is reflected in the way I carry my self but I have noticed that the level of attention I receive glammed up or not largely depends on the apperance of my hair.
My straightened hair or straight weaves attract a lot more attention from black males. I actually find that wearing my natural hair attracts more men of other races and thats fine with me. Most of the brothas who do compliment my natural hair are rather ummmm militant
and my reasons for rocking kinky styles have no politcal basis. So they quickly loose interest when they find I do not share their strong "pro black" beliefs lol
But whats is crazy is I wore my kinky weave in cali and no one made a fuss about me. I traveled to New Orleans and I had so many black men after me lol.... And I changed nothing but my location. So I guess the culture and region has a lot to do with what men are attracted too.
Also I do wanna note that whether kinky or straight, natural or weave, the longer my hair grows the more attention I get.... Which leads me to believe that most males simply like longer hair.