?(s) for women with short hair

[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

[Blueberry]

Chicken Little -

I say go for it if it will make you happy! I'd totally do it - but I'm looking for a job atm, and having hair *that* short probably wouldn't help matters

CA

[shootingstar]

No never had the problem so far on gender mixup. Hair is short, above whole of ears...

Now if 50% people could just spell my first name with the feminine version, not masculine. This common spelling error is pathetic, more of bad literacy and nothing to do with creative names....and I am standing in front of them...and they write "Gene".

Error was not common 35 years ago when I was a child... most people then, had the spelling correct first time.

[Becky]

I haven't really had problems with the gender thing, although people have told me that I look 10 years older with short hair- no more being mistaken for a high school freshman. I have been mistaken for my husband's daughter before, when my hair was longer.

For those of you who do the #5 haircut, what's your natural hair thickness and texture? Any pics? I'd like to try the clippers but i'm terrified that my fine, thin hair will not take well to it. And how to cut around ears?

[Andrea]

I just do #5 all over. Sometimes I use a smaller guard on the "sideburns" and the pointy parts of the hairline on my neck (I like keeping the shape of those instead of cutting them off).

My hair is really thick & curly, but it's too short to curl now, which I like. The only real photo I have of it now is in the "biker tan" thread.

[lph]

I've always had longish hair and have never been mistaken for a boy, even though I'm flat-chested, no hips and broad shoulders. But my dh was once mistaken for a girl - he's slight, only a bit taller than I am, and had long straight hair, and we were both bent over waxing our skis when we were addressed as "Hey girls!"

My dh didn't mind, but the guys who were addressing us were soooo embarrassed... as if it were a huge insult or something.

People often asked if my son was a girl, as a baby. We often dressed him in bright yellows and reds, and he had longish fine dandelion hair, bright blue eyes and a beaming smile. I used to take it as a compliment, and answer "no, he's just really pretty"

I like androgynous.

[KnottedYet]

For those of you who do the #5 haircut, what's your natural hair thickness and texture? Any pics? I'd like to try the clippers but i'm terrified that my fine, thin hair will not take well to it. And how to cut around ears?

My hair is very fine, and very thin, and it LOVES to be short! That's the only time my hair has any body or life! Stands straight up and it looks like I have *more* hair, it's great. (maybe that's why I don't get called "sir" when my hair is buzzed?)

[Becky]

My hair is very fine, and very thin, and it LOVES to be short! That's the only time my hair has any body or life! Stands straight up and it looks like I have *more* hair, it's great. (maybe that's why I don't get called "sir" when my hair is buzzed?)

That's exactly why I chopped it all off- it's now only about 2" long and looks much thicker- but my hairdresser spends a great deal of time "pointing" it as she cuts, and thinning it out around the ears and neck. (Thank goodness she's cheap- her cuts are worth much more!) I doubt that I can duplicate that with clippers

[farrellcollie]

My hair is very short and I am almost 50 years old. I still get called "son". I would be happy to graduate up to "sir". I am starting to get gray hair - so perhaps that will help.

[roadie gal]

Add me to the fine, thin hair club. *sigh* I've had my hair short since medical school when I had to be up and working up to 36 hours straight.

I occasionally get called, "sir", but only by people who aren't looking straight at me. From the front I'm definitely female.