Girls can have short hair too campaign

[TeenToTwenties]

Football club unites to support girls with short hair - BBC News

Wouldn't have been needed back in the day when loads of girls had short hair.

Also wouldn't have been needed before boys started identifying as girls and being allowed into girls spaces.

I can't believe what I'm hearing here. I assumed the ubiquity of blonde hair and pig-tails was just cyclical fashion. I thought the days of a stigma against short hair were long gone decades ago. Clearly not.

I had a pixie cut for 10 years but I grew it out because I was sick of being asked if I wanted to be a boy or lesbian,I’m neither.

In fact, thinking about it - and reminded by that video - short hair on young women was a mildly rebellious look in the 1820s.

At this rate of regress, they'll be burning witches by next year.

Whwras I had a pixie cut in the late 80s/early 90s and kept being told I looked like Lisa Stansfield. I grew it out because my student grant didn't cover London hairdresser prices.

In the beautiful words of Andrea GIbson ;
” Either way, I can guarantee a haircut will never tell you anything about someone’s gender, who they love, or how they
But I’ll keep growing out my short temper “

When I had a very short pixie cut, one of my students asked if I’d had chemo.

It’s become so unusual for women to have short hair these days that it’s either thought to be an identity statement or a side effect of radical treatment.

We’re going backwards.

What makes me despair helping out with my son's classes is how pathetic the girls are talking about make and hair etc. They are 9/10 FFS. But the fashion is all about beauty and beauty parties and sleep overs.

I think I'd die inside if I was faced with that age 9.

We were playing Ghostbusters.

The hairstyles are not the only element to change; note how the cut at the leg moves upward, too. The shift seems to have gained momentum in the 90s - same concept as with beach volleyball, for example.

My DD is in year 4 and has short hair. I think she's the only girl with short hair at her school. It sounds mad but I have been keeping an eye out to test my theory and not spotted another girl with short hair. Everyone else's seems to be at least shoulder length. I would love to know why because lots of adult women round here have short hair. Lots are of my generation too, so short hair would have been the norm when they were girls. Unless they are all traumatised by dodgy home done 80s cuts and determined their darlings won't suffer the same fate.

On a recent playdate round ours, DD's friend asked for a mirror to be taken off the wall so she could see to re-do her makeup. She sprayed some sort of scent on too, and she's just gone 9 and they were off to play in snow, not even like they were going to a disco. It's depressing.

I’ve got very, very short hair, live in converse or DMs with jeans and a band t-shirt and have very occasionally been called ‘son’ by someone stood behind me. On turning around I think the 34HH boobs put them right!

I do wonder at times though how I would have faired if I’d been born later and not had the sort of upbringing I had. My parents never batted an eyelid at my hatred of skirts and pink stuff and were more than happy to buy me an Action Man rather than a Barbie or Sindy. This was back in the early seventies and I was never made to feel my choices were odd.,

I'm a primary school TA. This week, we've had to send a reminder out to our KS1 parents (so kids aged 5-7) that make-up, false nails, and false eyelashes are not permitted at school. There were seven girls wearing false lashes last week. We've always had the odd one in Y6 who tries to get away with make-up/nails, but the worst we used to get with the littlies was some sparkly nail varnish. It's ridiculous!

There are four girls that I can think of in school (350ish pupils) with short hair, and one of those is a black girl who likes to wear her natural hair in a short Afro.

I am in the process of sorting through stuff and found mine the other day from 1988. Lots of short haired girls and and so many blond highlights on both sexes.

Mind-boggling!

Here's a link to the discussion about 'skincare for teens' and MNs many many ads relating to it.
Off topic(ish) - ads for “teen skincare” promoted in FWR threads list | Mumsnet

I've noticed that when there is some awful tragedy involving a very young girl who has got into a bad situation through her social media contacts, the little girl's profile photo usually shows someone wearing loads of make-up, who looks more like 20 than 12.

So it's not just 'let children be children', it's also that young girls are presenting themselves online as much older than they are, which isn't a good idea. I used to think that it was evidence that the girl's parents weren't monitoring her online activity and didn't know about the profile photo, but apparently some parents approve of and even encourage little girls to look like adults.

oops, I quote the wrong post, apologies; I meant the one with hairstyles for gymnastics.

Is this not just a question of fashion? Back in the 80s, most girls had short hair. It will come back into fashion eventually, not sure a campaign is needed.

€18;00 for a dry cut from my hairdresser who trained under someone who in her turn had qualified in New York in the early 60s.

Looking around at the craft group, where we're aged 55ish to 80+ almost all of us have short hair and the 'long haired' ones have it just below shoulder length.

There is if the club has noticed the kids getting mocked or challenged for it. Which they have.

Mine is Grade 2 round the sides and back and just cut in on top. I am regularly assumed to be a lesbian. I think the fact I'm single and quite vocal about not wanting a man might feed into this (although if you'd had the men I have had, then YOU wouldn't want another one either). So in order for my sexuality and my sex not to come into question, I am expected to grow my hair long. Which just makes me look like my Dad in drag.

It bothers me to no end that women are now considered to me making a statement on gender if they choose to wear their hair short. It is just part of a consumer culture that wants and succeeds at making women and girls look a certain way that sells more product.

We have regressed since I was young. There was a time when girls could just have short hair and it was not a big deal or a gender issue. It was just hair.

I now get comments about my hair and often am asked if my husband is okay with it being short. I find that offensive and can see why it impacts the choices of women and girls. Regrettably, I do not foresee this trend changing anytime soon.

I spent a, not too small, part of today going through my clothing collection. I'm downsizing and selling on eBay. Today was trousers. I'd better fucking hurry up and sell them before they become verboten.....

I'm always a little mystified by the seeming 'uniform' of long, straight, bleached ponytails in the England ladies' team, who are quite a diverse bunch, e.g. many of them openly gay. Absolutely right that short hair is a good look for many women and girls.

I love my long hair. It's bum length, auburn and curly.

I'm very active and work with horses so it certainly doesn't limit me. It's in a french plait or a bun 90% of the time to keep it out of the way and when it's down in all it's glory when I go out I feel so beautiful.

Hair doesn't limit women in my opinion, if you just tie it back it's out the way and not a problem. I cut it short once and hated it, took years to grow back and I'd never cut it again. Saving ten minutes in the morning isn't worth giving up my crowning glory and I know several women who feel the same.

Re people thinking the boys are girls because they have long hair

I don't think this is anything to with transgender women playing in female sports tbh, I think it's as simple as the girl looked like a boy. Truthfully, in that picture she does. Children have always been meaning about eachothers appearances and boys with long hair have been teased about looking like girls for decades, far before transgenderism was constantly in the media and public eye.

Children need to be taught that gender stereotypes don't always apply. Getting trans women banned from women's sport won't stop children telling girls with short hair that they look like boys.

Most of the girls around me have pixie cuts?

Obviously women and should have their hair how they want and not be accused of being men because if it but I’m really not convinced the reasons why women want long hair are as deep or culturally ingrained as people on here are suggesting.
The fact is that the vast majority of women and girls look much better with long hair. Karen Hauer on strictly was a Latin goddess with long hair and then a frumpy Middle Aged mum type with her cropped hair. There’s also a reason why they put Lauren in a wig whenever they want her to look nice…

someone actually suggested a return of the Purdey cut. Why would anyone want to look like someone has chucked a bowl on their head and cut around it? The wolf cut is just a hideous eyesore.

thinking about the 50 or so women at my workplace between the ages of 22 and 60 and across many different races and nationalities I can only think of one who has short hair and she is clearly someone who isn’t bothered about her appearance. I don’t believe that we are all bowing down to society pressures, we just all have eyes and realise it looks better on most women.