Our realitites are shaped by our experiences and interactions with everyone around us. Together we form certain rules and guidelines that tell us this is right and this is wrong. We have the capability to change these blockades, but once they are popularly known in a society, it is difficult to alter what everyone thinks to be true. One norm that society in America has taught us is that males should have short hair and females should have long hair. But why is this? Growing up, our parents decided what our hairstyle would be, and as young adults we still go along with what is socially acceptable lengths. Moving farther into the 21st century, it is more common to see this lengths of hair drastically changing, but in everyday life, it is the girls with long, flowing hair, and the guys with the short, cropped hair. As women, we like the feeling of having long hair to style and make look attractive so that our appearance is enhanced. There has never been a reason that women need longer hair, but there also has never been a reason for them to have short hair, unlike men who need it short so that when they worked, predominantly in agrarian jobs, or factories, it would not get in the way. This has been how hair has been styled for centuries, and it appears that it will continue on this trend for a while to come.
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