Country gal said:It's not only men, women love long hair too. Members with long hair gets lots of love when they show their album. I think it is the feminity concept.
I couldn't agree with you more.sareca said:I can't speak for men, but I LOVE looking at long hair. Natural afro textured (I'm talking 4's here) unstretched BSL+ hair is the single most beautiful thing on the planet. I've only seen it in person twice both were African women that had never had chemicals and never cut their hair.
Yep, cosigning on that.bmoreflyygirl said:Long beautiful hair is associated with femininity. I don't think it's racial. All races like long hair. I think it's just overemphasized in the Black community because it's a rarity.
CityGirl said:Ladies,
Why is it that men love women with long hair? Have any of you noticed the extra attention you get when you wear your hair out, or when your hair is blowing in the wind beind you? Why do you think men go over women who have long hair? I'm curious about what you ladies think.
Long, Healthy hair to all.
bmoreflyygirl said:Long beautiful hair is associated with femininity. I don't think it's racial. All races like long hair. I think it's just overemphasized in the Black community because it's a rarity.
Mestiza said:I'll talk to him about that on tomorrow.
ETA:
I asked him about it and he said, "What gay man would want a beautiful and feminine woman?"
TSUprincess04 said:So short/medium length hair is not considered feminine? Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have shoulder length hair, so I'm manly now? I'm super duper girly....the length of my hair doesn't determine whether I'm feminine or not. I'm beautiful AND feminine. No disrespect, but I think it's rather shallow of your SO to think that. I mean, everyone has their preferences, and that's fine, but to say a man is gay for not wanting someone with long hair is rather far fetched. I fear for you if you ever get cancer (God forbid) and have to go through kemo and loose your hair...will he stay? My boyfriend always said that he'd stick with me no matter what (cancer, illness, etc), and I'd stick with him too. So what if he loses all the hairs on his body? That's not what made me love him. The stuff on the outside is superficial, and fades as time goes on. He cares more for having a mental and emotional connection with me, and that lasts wayyyyy longer than the physical stuff. IMO.
Mestiza said:I haven't met a man yet who doesn't love long hair. I asked my SO about it and he said that long hair is beautiful and feminine and that's what men like unless they're not into women.
Mariaat40 said:I also believe that men like long hair because it is associated with feminity and sexuality, which is why some religious persuasions require that the woman cover, bun, etc. their hair unless she is with other women or her husband. It's seen as sexually attractive.
TSUprincess04 said:So short/medium length hair is not considered feminine? Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have shoulder length hair, so I'm manly now? I'm super duper girly....the length of my hair doesn't determine whether I'm feminine or not. I'm beautiful AND feminine. No disrespect, but I think it's rather shallow of your SO to think that. I mean, everyone has their preferences, and that's fine, but to say a man is gay for not wanting someone with long hair is rather far fetched. I fear for you if you ever get cancer (God forbid) and have to go through kemo and loose your hair...will he stay? My boyfriend always said that he'd stick with me no matter what (cancer, illness, etc), and I'd stick with him too. So what if he loses all the hairs on his body? That's not what made me love him. The stuff on the outside is superficial, and fades as time goes on. He cares more for having a mental and emotional connection with me, and that lasts wayyyyy longer than the physical stuff. IMO.
TSUprincess04 said:So short/medium length hair is not considered feminine? Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have shoulder length hair, so I'm manly now? I'm super duper girly....the length of my hair doesn't determine whether I'm feminine or not. I'm beautiful AND feminine. No disrespect, but I think it's rather shallow of your SO to think that. I mean, everyone has their preferences, and that's fine, but to say a man is gay for not wanting someone with long hair is rather far fetched. I fear for you if you ever get cancer (God forbid) and have to go through kemo and loose your hair...will he stay? My boyfriend always said that he'd stick with me no matter what (cancer, illness, etc), and I'd stick with him too. So what if he loses all the hairs on his body? That's not what made me love him. The stuff on the outside is superficial, and fades as time goes on. He cares more for having a mental and emotional connection with me, and that lasts wayyyyy longer than the physical stuff. IMO.
MizaniMami said:Hey TSU,
That's just her boyfriend's opinion. I was just reading through your thread and it read like her post kinda got you upset.
A lot of men think like her. Doesn't mean if she got sick or anything his love for her would be any different. Shoot, a lot of women feel the same way, but if a member of their family got sick I highly doubt their love for them would change also.
I don't think she meant that short hair was manly. She was just saying that for some men like her SO thinks that longer hair is more feminine, which in part I agree. Doesn't mean that I think anyone with short hair is masculine. For my aunt has a TWA and she looks beautiful and feminine like that.
TSUprincess04 said:So short/medium length hair is not considered feminine? Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have shoulder length hair, so I'm manly now? I'm super duper girly....the length of my hair doesn't determine whether I'm feminine or not. I'm beautiful AND feminine. No disrespect, but I think it's rather shallow of your SO to think that. I mean, everyone has their preferences, and that's fine, but to say a man is gay for not wanting someone with long hair is rather far fetched. I fear for you if you ever get cancer (God forbid) and have to go through kemo and loose your hair...will he stay? My boyfriend always said that he'd stick with me no matter what (cancer, illness, etc), and I'd stick with him too. So what if he loses all the hairs on his body? That's not what made me love him. The stuff on the outside is superficial, and fades as time goes on. He cares more for having a mental and emotional connection with me, and that lasts wayyyyy longer than the physical stuff. IMO.
MizAvalon said:Having shorter hair does not mean that you are masculine. Halle Berry wore her hair short for years and she is as feminine as can be. Long hair however, is a SYMBOL of femininity. Just like high heels and cleavage are aslo SYMBOLS of femininity. Femininity itself is a state of being, a way of carrying yourself. All the glamming up in the world won't make an unfeminine woman, feminine. Take a tomboy, dress her up and put makeup on her and she is automatically feminine? No, she's just a tomboy in a dress.
If you are feminine, then that will shine through your actions and the way you carry and present yourself. Short hair or not.
MizaniMami said:Hey TSU,
That's just her boyfriend's opinion. I was just reading through your thread and it read like her post kinda got you upset.
A lot of men think like her. Doesn't mean if she got sick or anything his love for her would be any different. Shoot, a lot of women feel the same way, but if a member of their family got sick I highly doubt their love for them would change also.
I don't think she meant that short hair was manly. She was just saying that for some men like her SO thinks that longer hair is more feminine, which in part I agree. Doesn't mean that I think anyone with short hair is masculine. For my aunt has a TWA and she looks beautiful and feminine like that.
Denim And Leather said:You're right, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and tastes, but I think you're getting way too offended, and to use the cancer example and calling someone shallow because of their preference, when you don't know the person wasn't neccessary IMHO. I don't think anyone was saying that shorter hair is masculine, it's like what Mz. Avalon said, it's a symbol of femininity. A woman can have short hair and still be very feminine (Halle Berry is a great example.)
My hair is not quite "long" yet, and I consider myself to be quite feminine.
Mestiza said:You all hit the nail on the head w/ your posts!
Short hair does NOT automatically make a woman look masculine and long hair does NOT automatically make a woman look feminine.
iiBlackBarbieii said:I was thinking up something similar. In part because yesterday I asked my boyfriend what length of hair he considered long. He said, "I don't even care about length, just as long as it's real" He obviously didn't answer my question but I thought his response was intriguing. If a girl is hot, she's hot, long hair or not
CurleeDST said:A long time ago a girlfriend of mine and I were walking downtown Atlanta with our boyfriends following a few feet behind us. We BOTH wore our hair extremely short (boy barber cut short and natural).
These guys came past us and were trying to holla and when we "dissed" them they immediately called us lesbians. That happened again 3 years later while living in DC. THis guy was trying to holla at me and I "dissed" him and so he resulted to calling me a lesbian again.
I do know for a FACT many men find short hair on women sexy and find the women exude confidence. When I would get a fresh cut I would walk through a club and it never failed..at least ONE set of hands would touch the back of my head and slide down to my neck b/c they loved the way it looked and found the short hair sexy.
In the end I think it is how the woman carries herself. Look at Kelis - she just cut her hair off and many men find her sexy as all get out.
Mestiza said:Short hair can definitely be sexy! It sounds as though those guys said that b/c they felt rejected. If they really thought that, then they wouldn't have tried to talk to you in the first place.
TSUprincess04 said:Okay, this is the 2nd time that I've been in the midst of some confusion, and I don't like being attacked I was just going by what her SO said "long hair is beautiful and feminine and that's what men like unless they're not into women." The "unless they're not into women" part had me kinda confused because it seems that he was saying that if a guy doesn't like long hair, then he must not be into women. That's the part I disagreed with. If he meant something else by it, then please explain.
Anyway, I'm gonna just leave it alone because I don't want this going any further than it has to, and I hate arguing. I was just stating why I disagreed with him, that's all.