Gender affirming haircuts

I feel 'the North Korean Lady-Hair scale' should be taught in schools as an adjunct to the Mermaids GI Joe/Barbie scale.

Trans awareness? Are they kidding?! We are all very aware.

I usually have a bob, I figured it was one of the stereotypical 'woman' things about me, even though I cut it myself because I can't stand going to a hairdresser. (I don't use a kitchen scissors though, I have a special haircutting one from Boots.) Now I learn that it's instead further proof that I'm actually an enby. I'm glad the internet could keep on educating me this week.

After one too many ridiculous gender missives from my well-meaning but utterly befuddled with batshittery children I theatrically cut my mid back hair into an ear length bob (a mix of 1 and 2 on the North Korean Lady-Hair scale) with the kitchen scissors and asked if they were all going to start calling me ‘Dad’ now?

it’s been a great terfy conversation opener ever since…

’Oh wow, Cloggie, you’ve had a pretty dramatic hair cut since I last saw you!’

’Yes, I did it myself with the kitchen scissors because the kids had latched onto some regressive, sexist idea that a girl who has short hair and wears trousers to school is magically transformed into being a boy!
Kids are well weird on this 2022 timeline, aren’t they?’

<whispers> gender = stereotypes, don't tell anyone or the game's a bogey

Are "gender affirming haircuts" hair styles that conform to the those stereotypically worn by males / females in a person's particular society?

They aren't gender affirming haircuts, then, are they? They're stereotype conforming haircuts or stereotype imposing haircuts.

Oh hang on, I thought I was cool but I'm actually rocking the #8 on @ArabellaScotts chart. Dang it.

This week I have mostly been AmongusGender, I would be fascinated to see what haircut I would be given.

Being incredibly brave, unique and special, I cut mine in the style of 'drunk teenager with blunt scissors', which affirms my inner gender perfectly.

You ladies can have any of these 18 affirming haircuts.

newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/25/these-are-north-koreas-28-state-approved-hairstyles/

What an absolute joke they're making out of all the advances women had made in moving away from all these stupid gender "boxes" here we are again back to being a pair of high heels and girly haircut ffs

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen, it's literally a series of haircuts, several of which I have had at some time in my life as a WOMAN. I'm actually laughing at my desk reading this 😂

I also Wonder what a shrimp gender identity affirmation haircut would look like.
asking for a friend 🤔

@MagpiePi
thank you

priceless thread.
witless parent 🙀

Since when have we only been able to discuss issues that impact directly on women's spaces or rights? This is relevant because it highlights the contortions necessary to prop up this ridiculous ideology. It also illustrates how it is generally women who get screwed by these contortions... I wonder how many men identify as non- binary in order to be allowed to pay more for their haircut? I wonder how many of the non binary women think they got a good deal, when they are still paying more than men?

My hair is long mostly because I can't be arsed with going to the salon every 6 weeks or so, and i just get the ends trimmed once in a while. It is no different in style from male colleagues who have long hair. I have deep hair envy of one man's long hair, which is in fab condition.

I've had it cut in a barber's before. (Couldn't get an appointment in my usual place.) The only difference was I had my hair washed leaning forward rather than back.

Charging by complexity of cut makes much more sense than whether the person under the hair is male or female or any sort of identity.

Jesus, it's their business and time. They can do it if they want.

It's nothing to do with you. It's not a 'womens space' or anything to do with womens rights.

This cause get more ridiculous by the day.

How long before we start seeing legal challenges then?

Its an open goal waiting to happen.

Yes, you’d think so. There’s already a controversy over salons charging differently for mens’ and womens’ hair but this is usually based on different hairstyles and more time consuming traditional womens’ styles costing more. In this case they’re charging more for exactly the same style based on the customer’s sex/proclaimed gender identity .

This is a page of normal haircuts that have been around for decades. They’re trying so hard!

Or boringly normal hetero day?

Surely this falls foul of discrimination law straight away?