Ran across this article that actually talks about women having a choice!

Women keeping tresses

Glad the trend is for longer hair but I don't consider hair 4 inches passed the collar bone too long for someone over 50...geesh!     What about Cher, wonder what that guy has to say about her hair.    

persoanlly i think only young people go well with "real hair cuts". i think old skin just doesn't go with tons of dye and too structured hair ... it just contrasts too much with features of the face that aren't sharp anymore. all the oldies i see (not many) with long hair in an updo or braid just look way younger even if their hair is gray or white.
and i speak now of people of the third generation ... i don't know how you could call most 50 year olds "old" these days. people these days don't resemble at all their mothers when they had the same age.

Very interesting, just goes to show how society changes.  No self respecting women in the early 1900s would cut their hair.  Flappers were considerred radical as much for their clothes as their short, short hair  Personally if a woman is willing to keep up with her hair there is no reason she can't have it as long as she wants.  I am also aware that there is a stigma against long hair in the work place unless you are in a creative field.  Women with long hair are considerred less serious and mature.  Left over from the male dominated era when women had to copy men to get ahead?

I always wondered if there was some unwritten rule about women anchors and reporters and in the media not having more than shoulder length hair?  (Although that is changing)  It seems they all have hair above shoulders and dyed.
As for older women with long hair,  about a year ago I saw a woman about 70? I can't tell age- in a fast food restaurant with white hair put up in a beautiful bun.
I wanted to say, let me see how long your hair is, but
of course I didn't, didn't want her to think I was some sort
of nut!

I totally agree with you, eKatherine.

Quote:


Yep - if we can't be happy with ourselves,  life would be very dull and pointless.

I'm quite blessed in the workplace.

In nursing (I've been a nurse more than 1/2 of my 41 year life) your hair has to be away from the face and your patients - so - an updo is a perfect do.  Granted, mine tend to be rather elaborate and stick adorned - but though there are jewelry restrictions for the ears, fingers and wrists - Nothing in the policy for hair jewelry!

Second blessing - In working with the elderly - All of my residents seem to love my hair - and ask me to squat down next to their beds so they can examine the styles at close range.  I even have one lady who wants all the lights on (remember, I work at night) so she can see which sticks I'm wearing each day.  She has even caught me wearing the same pair twice in one week (can't help myself - I DO have favorites, after all) - and she scolds me for the "re-run".  Too funny.  A few quotes from my ladies:"oh, it's so lovely to see a real woman - someone who doesn't think she has to fit in with the men's world by cutting off her hair" , or "oh, dear - you remind me of how I wore my hair as a girl - it's so lovely".

So - though my cousins and sister - (all stylists) have all had fantasy dreams about cutting my hair, and for MANY years kept BEGGING to be the one lucky enough to FINALLY cut it off... I've never really had any true negativity about wearing it long - Not at work - and not really at home.

nighowl