?(s) for women with short hair

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

This older thread relates to lots of the same issues:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...light=mistaken

[OakLeaf]

My hair isn't that short, but it's above the earlobes. It's also very thick, so I don't get mistaken for a guy. What is funny is that DH has long hair. It's very, very rare to see a woman with short hair partnered with a man with long hair.

ETA: I consider "waiter" and "actor" to be more respectful than "waitress" or "actress." That's why I make an effort not to use the latter terms. (Consider the obviously derogatory, and now obsolete, "poetess.") I absolutely do NOT use a "generic masculine" (everyone/he, e.g.). I don't necessarily think that "dudette" is more appropriate or respectful than "dude," either! One problem I do admit to is that I often talk about animals in the masculine when I don't know their sex. I'm trying to get better about that but it would mean just going 50-50 at random, since I don't like to apply the neuter to beings that have consciousness.

[Sgritn]

No, not anymore..I started on a journey two years ago to grow my hair as long as possible, no heat, chemicals, perms or straighteners...bra strap length now. I enjoy the length but no one really evers sees it..I wear short wigs, buns, braids, {under my helmet a wig cap} most times to protect my hair from snags, snaps and breakage. Guess once my body is in cyclist's shape I may be mistaken for some dude or other..hope I'll be able to laugh it off!

[Chicken Little]

I get it all the time- my hair is short, and I am starting to wonder why I just don't #5 it anyway, since it doesn't seem to matter.

I want a #5 cut, it's cool and simple, and I have a helmet on all the time anyway.

I am cutting my hair.

[Tuckervill]

I was 16, in a Western Sizzlin', wearing my Dorothy Hamill haircut, holding hands with my boyfriend, when the cashier said, "And for you, sir?" I already had my C cups!

I've rarely worn my hair short since.

Karen

[Chicken Little]

As a purely esoteric question, I wonder why being mistaken for another gender is, well, uncomfortable. What is that? I want a #5 cut, but don't really want to be mistaken for a guy, either. Are we all primarily defined by our gender?
My head is spinning.

I think I want to smoke a pipe.

I am in big trouble.

[Andrea]

As a purely esoteric question, I wonder why being mistaken for another gender is, well, uncomfortable. What is that? I want a #5 cut, but don't really want to be mistaken for a guy, either. Are we all primarily defined by our gender?
My head is spinning.

I think I want to smoke a pipe.

I am in big trouble.

GO for it. I was in the same boat as you- already pretty short, and just got tired of the whole "going to get my hair cut" process. The first time, I went almost all-out (off) with a #3 guard. Now I just hit it with a #5 every couple of weeks, and it's perfect!

I'm not uncomfortable with being mistaken for another gender... I guess because I don't feel (like you said) defined by my gender. Glad you brought that up!

I'd like to smoke a pipe right now as well

[Eden]

As a purely esoteric question, I wonder why being mistaken for another gender is, well, uncomfortable. What is that? I want a #5 cut, but don't really want to be mistaken for a guy, either. Are we all primarily defined by our gender?
My head is spinning.

I think I want to smoke a pipe.

I am in big trouble.

I don't think I get annoyed at being mistaken for the other gender so much as I get annoyed at being mistaken for a child.... I've been completely ignored waiting for service in stores before because the staff assumes I'm someone's kid...

[KnottedYet]

I get called "sir" all the time. Even while wearing pink shirts and big earrings and my "assets" clearly displayed and my kid hanging off my arm saying: Mom Mom Mom can I get that? MOm MOM! Long hair, short hair.... "sir." I have a huge butt, big boobs, wear make-up almost all the time, earrings, nosering, usually feminine clothes, but once or twice a month I get called sir.
(a couple months ago someone assumed I was my son's older brother)

But when my hair was an inch long, no-one called me sir.

Go figure!

[Blueberry]

What is funny is that DH has long hair. It's very, very rare to see a woman with short hair partnered with a man with long hair.

My hair is, at its longest, about 2". My DH has hair down to the small of his back. Guess we're in the same unusual boat

CA