A few years back i remember i was at a restaurant with an old girl friend when this kid sitting to the back of me says to his mother mommy whys that guys hair so long lol.my hair was to my waist back then and i had it all out.the mother just told him to hush.one time i was walking to a rock concert with the same girl and this guy yells out the window of his van when we were walking down the sidewalk hey what one of you is the girl.I wonder why guys with short hair feel a need to do such things?

They're just jealous, mustang. Keep growing. 

I've been lucky so far I guess. I'm a computer technician for a living. I run my own business making house calls. I've been to hundreds and hundreds of strangers houses in the last six or seven years i've been doing it. The worst comments I've gotten are people asking me when am I going to cut it? I very rarely even get asked questions about it. When I do they are stupid ones like why do I have long hair? Most of the time people don't seem to care in the least. I guess as long as I fix their computer. 

Though sometimes I get a person who's more open to me about their drug use. I'll be sitting there thinking to myself that they must think I have long hair because i'm a hippie or something.  Even though I don't look like one in the slightest bit.

Which leads me to my appearance. Maybe it helps somewhat. I'm exactly 6' and weigh around 220. I enjoy lifting weights once or twice a week so i'm not a complete lard arse lol! I also always either have a goatee or a beard going on. I wouldn't classify myself as being a "big guy" by really any means but it's enough for people to keep a little tighter lip then they normally would. 

I have had in the past,the usual like,'you look like a gurl, and 'get your hair cut' etc,but experience wise,I have fallen foul of authorities in a different country for doing nothing more than having long hair apparently.Explanation from people who lived in that country,well the authorities look at long haired males as being hippies or drug users.

The same country,I could not buy a product in a pharmacy,I was told they did not have what I wanted.Going outside,one of my colleagues tried ,him being short hair and emerged a short time later with the product which I was told they did not have.

But why the descrimination about males with long hair,the nineteenth century it was common for males to wear long hair,as it was throughout history.

Perhaps in the twentieth century with the great wars,a more regimental hair order was adopted,an expression of military control and short hair became the norm thereafter.The 1960's probably did not do a lot for present attitudes either.

It has not all been negative though,I have received some great comments from women and some men,some particularly liking the one inch grey streak root to tip I had down one side in contrast to my dark hair

Don't you listen to that negativity for a SECOND!

My father has had almost waist length hair my entire life, and he is one of the toughest sonsabeeches I know! My boyfriend now has long hair, and he also has the manliest beard this side of the mason dixon.

The stereotypes that follow are the absolute worst, everyone assumes my boyfriend does drugs because of his long-haired appearance, and when I correct them I can tell they don't believe me.

Long hair on men has always seemed the most natural thing in the world to me, and I know alot of folks agree!

My hubby got stopped at the airport coming into the country once and was searched for drugs. Only because he had long hair. Other than his hair, he looked like the absolute least likely drug smuggler.  Both of us are extremely straight, so it was pretty dumb. I also know an old hippie (who does do soft drugs, but is also the sweetest guy) and a programmer with long hair, both in their 60's, and an artist.