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In reply to the discussion: Hairy woman does not shave [View all]PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)Men w/long (head) hair are often viewed along a certain sterotype... (at least back in my day)
I'll never forget how in the late eighties/early-nineties my SO got called out by the local police constantly, for like... nothing.
One time, I got pulled over for an improper lane change, but HE had to come out of the car w/his hands on his head! (He had said and/or done nothing to warrant this btw)...
He grew up in a very poor home w/a tar-paper shack, and an outhouse until he was 17...hauling wood w/ponies, and also working his ass off at a local Sawmill from the time he was about 15 yrs old-on. Meanwhile, I got the old, "what is a nice girl like you"...?-thing)
In addition to that, my landlord treated him entirely different once he got a buzz-cut in the early 90's just before our move. (It was hot that summer). This is another reason why I truly believe that much of the BS had something to do w/the hair... People profile others, and it isn't pretty.
There is not a lot of racial diversity here where I live, so I guess cops go by other things? Classicism seems to be rampant here. After all, authoritarian types always need a 'bad guy', and at the time 'long hair' on a guy worked for them.