Why does sculpting men’s hair strike us as strange?
This is not the most original insight in the world, but: gender is WEIRD. And there’s nowhere that’s more obvious than the field of grooming.
Women are expected, obligated to engage in elaborate rituals of prettiness-maximizing. Multiple industries exist just to sustain, supply, and enforce these obligations and rituals. Men, on the other hand, have the inverse obligation. (Ozy’s Law strikes again.) If we show too much attention to grooming ourselves, our masculinity is suspect. This closes off possibilities for men, of course; there’s entire categories of plumage that we’re simply not permitted access to.
Which is why an article like Guys With Fancy Lady Hair is so interesting. Sure, men can style their hair, put gel or hairspray in it, but the kind of full-on hair sculpture that one sometimes sees on women is beyond the pale. It’s outside the realm of possibility.
And yet here these fellows are. Look at their pictures and ask yourself what about them looks strange.
Someone above commented ‘I don’t understand why one has to single out a religion with “Mormon Prom.”’ Mormons put on their own proms, separate from the high school ones, were they can have music and dress standards in line with their beliefs. They call them Mormon Prom. It’s a thing. You can Google it. The Guys With Fancy Lady Hair people aren’t singling out Mormons for ridicule because of any church teachings about long hair on men, they’re just making a reference to the proms that mormons put on, and a kind of hairstyle they thought *girls* might wear to… Read more »
the men look wonderful.
they look polished, elegant.
the clothes less so. ornate hair, ornate clothing
I don’t understand why one has to single out a religion with “Mormon Prom.” Most of the Mormon faith don’t have an issue with long hair on guys. If they do it is a personal feeling, not that of the Mormon religion. I don’t see one called the Catholic Doo or the Methodist Mop.
I think guys look rather attractive with fancy hair. I love my boyfriend’s long red hair and would like to see some of those styles on him!
I used to have hair that would have made Tammy Wynette (sp?) proud. I shudder to remember how long it took me to blow it out every morning. Now, balding and gray, people think I’m crazy when I tell them what I used to do with my hair.
I LOVE the fancy man hair! I mean I think doing anything fancy to your hair no matter your gender is weird but these pictures just make me happy.