Hair

Every person that came here looking for a musical revue can march right back to your favorite fetish site because I ain't talkin' about that.

On my most recent trek through Wikipedia, the best organization for free infromation I've yet encountered on the net, I read through the listing, "Hairstyles."

It's interesting to me, because my own hair is noticeably different than my peers, being fairly short like a crew cut, but also paired with a significant goattee. There are several hairstyles similar to a crew cut, or even variants of what some would identify as a "crew cut." The point is, it's interesting how we specifically style these dead cells erupting from our cranial epidermis*, and how these can have social relevance.

*(I like big words that are unnecessary)

How often do we notice hair? Is your mother's or father's hair a topic of discussion, or do you go out of your way to not comment on it? Does your lover know you love/hate their current style? Are you regarded as less because of your hairstyle?

Hard to say. Hair, at least head hair, is very easy to customize what with dies, length, texture and volume. But, any change is relatively irreversible the more things you do to it. More investment leads to greater impact. Less hair, less to work with. More dye, less you can re-dye sooner.

Some hairstyles are inherently considered "dirty" or "mangy" regardless of the rest of a person's appearance, and some are considered "elegant" or "mature." This can easily change a lot, but even across vast regions, some conceptions stay the shame.

It's easy enough for some people to say, "it's just hair," but when these same ideas apply to clothes, height, weight, skin color, gender or age, things take on a deeper meaning.

For your own investigations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hairstyles