Over the last several years it seems society is relaxing a lot on fashion, grooming, and hairstyling.
It wasn’t long ago where nearly all white collar type jobs and even a lot of blue collar jobs required men to shave or at the very least have a well groomed mustache or beard.
In the 90’s, goatees started to gain popularity, but people like my wife and I think most women still preferred a clean shave. I know there were exceptions, I’m just talking about what I think was the majority.
Well, beards are the rage and they are not only universally accepted, but women like my wife actually find them attractive now (though she prefers that they are trimmed and cared for).
Hair styles are much more liberal as well. When I go to the gym, half of the men that have hair, have longer hair and half of them have some sort of man-bun. Again, initially, these were frowned upon by a lot of women, but over time have been accepted.
This has been great news for me, because I have been able to go longer recently. I have even thought that there’s more of a “who cares” view and even a form meets function perspective to some extent (why shave, etc when it’s not necessary?). Again...good news for me and others wanting to grow their hair longer.
The only problem are the people who are shaving their heads below the bun, braid, or pony. I’m even seeing women do this. Attractive women with beautiful hair. To each their own, but i don’t care for it....I prefer grow it all or not at all. Because of this, I think this will be a fad, and man buns...longer hair may fall by the wayside.... hope I am wrong!
No need to share thoughts, but curious if anyone agrees.