Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 15:57     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not to bring race into this, but I have to ask is this a white woman thing? Short pixie styles, chin bobs and even nearly bald styles look gorgeous on African American women. We’re just reluctant to pull the trigger because so much baggage is tied to our hair.


I had a boss who interviewed in a chin length curly wig and got the job. When she showed up for work she had braids down to her knees. I must say that the employees responded poorly especially because we were working around chemicals and it was a hazard. So I think women of all races are perceived as more professional with shorter hair.
One coworker informed me that only Asians (like herself) should wear long hair because "ours is never messy-looking."


Her braids were a hazard?
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 15:55     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:I’m 50 yr old executive. I cut my hair into a bob about 10 years ago. It looks more professional, but it is a PITA to style everyday. I miss being able to pull it back into a low, sophisticated bun and am in the process of growing it out.


+ I did a short bob a few years ago and I just didn't style it and I definitely didn't love how it looked. For me though, a long bob (think chin length) has been amazing. I don't do anything to it besides brushing. It doesn't look like super polished but that's not my workplace vibe anyway. It looks fine and not like a mop.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 15:15     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
I’m 50 yr old executive. I cut my hair into a bob about 10 years ago. It looks more professional, but it is a PITA to style everyday. I miss being able to pull it back into a low, sophisticated bun and am in the process of growing it out.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 13:49     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:Not to bring race into this, but I have to ask is this a white woman thing? Short pixie styles, chin bobs and even nearly bald styles look gorgeous on African American women. We’re just reluctant to pull the trigger because so much baggage is tied to our hair.



Yeah, most of the people who post here are white. Lol


But yeah, short hair looks gorgeous on black women because we usually have defined cheekbones and short hair makes it pop more. Plus, a lot of our stylists know how to make feminine and chic short hair styles.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 12:57     Subject: Re:Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
What are you defining as short? Bob chin length? Shoulder length? DD and I both look best with chin or shoulder length cuts, either layered or bob etc. We are thin, shortish around 5”4 and petite. Long hair looks too heavy and out of proportion.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 12:28     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:Short hair looks awful on most women.


+100.

Unless you have an amazingly beautiful face (like Halle Berry), I think it's hard to pull off short hair as a woman.

Most women that I know in the workplace who are in upper management have shoulder-length hair. I don't know anyone with short hair.

Back when I was in kid in the 1980's, I did see that my mom and her friends (career women) wore their hair short. But that era is long gone.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 11:36     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:Not to bring race into this, but I have to ask is this a white woman thing? Short pixie styles, chin bobs and even nearly bald styles look gorgeous on African American women. We’re just reluctant to pull the trigger because so much baggage is tied to our hair.


I had a boss who interviewed in a chin length curly wig and got the job. When she showed up for work she had braids down to her knees. I must say that the employees responded poorly especially because we were working around chemicals and it was a hazard. So I think women of all races are perceived as more professional with shorter hair.
One coworker informed me that only Asians (like herself) should wear long hair because "ours is never messy-looking."
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 11:22     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lol. I think most women in managerial positions have shorter haircuts because they are older, not because it makes them more respected.


I don't think people disrespect women with long hair, but I do think there is an assumption that you are more focused on your appearance than your job. A shorter hairstyle is usually easier to style, especially past a certain age (sure, women in their 20s sometimes have low maintenance long hair, but almost no woman in her 40s does).

It might be uncomfortable to admit this, but certainly take all these Trumpworld women with their long hair and long nails and contoured nails less seriously because I know their appearance requires a ton of maintenance. Whereas a professional women with a lower maintenance style strikes me as someone more focused on her work. And to be honest, the extends to men. JD Vance's facial hair and clothes scream "I spent too long in front of the mirror this morning" to me. He looks high maintenance and a little insecure, like some kid practicing his "serious face" with various beards to see which make him look more presidential. Or think of Matt Gaetz -- that guy absolutely spent more time doing his hair than reading legislative memos when he was in Congress.


Plenty of women manage both long hair and successful careers — shocking, I know!
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 10:52     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
I have long blonde hair that I keep down most of the time. Sometimes I pull it back in jaw clips or a Dutch braid.

I hate to admit it but im in enterprise sales and I feel like my hair/looks can be a foot in the door of the male dominated industry I sell in to.

I had a prospective client tell me last week "Wow, you're an insanely smart woman!" *barf*
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 10:43     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:Lol. I think most women in managerial positions have shorter haircuts because they are older, not because it makes them more respected.


I don't think people disrespect women with long hair, but I do think there is an assumption that you are more focused on your appearance than your job. A shorter hairstyle is usually easier to style, especially past a certain age (sure, women in their 20s sometimes have low maintenance long hair, but almost no woman in her 40s does).

It might be uncomfortable to admit this, but certainly take all these Trumpworld women with their long hair and long nails and contoured nails less seriously because I know their appearance requires a ton of maintenance. Whereas a professional women with a lower maintenance style strikes me as someone more focused on her work. And to be honest, the extends to men. JD Vance's facial hair and clothes scream "I spent too long in front of the mirror this morning" to me. He looks high maintenance and a little insecure, like some kid practicing his "serious face" with various beards to see which make him look more presidential. Or think of Matt Gaetz -- that guy absolutely spent more time doing his hair than reading legislative memos when he was in Congress.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 10:31     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Lol. I think most women in managerial positions have shorter haircuts because they are older, not because it makes them more respected.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 10:29     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Anonymous wrote:My hair looks healthier and better when it's above my shoulders. Sometimes I let it get longer but that's out of laziness about getting it cut. When I finally go and get it trimmed back up, it immediately looks a million times more attractive.

The idea that shorter hair is unfeminine is bizarre to me. What a weird, narrow view of what femininity is.


+1 my hair looks terrible when it’s long
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 10:17     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
My hair looks healthier and better when it's above my shoulders. Sometimes I let it get longer but that's out of laziness about getting it cut. When I finally go and get it trimmed back up, it immediately looks a million times more attractive.

The idea that shorter hair is unfeminine is bizarre to me. What a weird, narrow view of what femininity is.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 10:11     Subject: Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Most long hair looks awful and like people are wearing a mop on their head.

The idea that long hair is somehow more feminine or attractive is stupid.

Anonymous
Post 10/02/2025 10:02     Subject: Re:Ladies - did you switch to a short haircut for career reasons?
Short hair looks awful on most women.


After 50 no one looks at you anyway so I would rather please myself than you


While I agree that I am no longer turning the heads of men, my friends notice when I do something that looks nice/different. I'd still like to look nice/put together.