# Cutting Off A Girl's Hair: Is This Ever OK? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859 "2010-06-20T08:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/241 "2010-06-23T18:48:00Z")
> [@Brandus](#): > > Jen is not exactly free of blame either. She has perfect and luxurious hair that everyone is jealous of, and goes around complaining about her split ends. She should be more humble since it could be perceived as rubbing it in people’s face. It’s like hanging out with a guy in a wheelchair and then complaining that you’re tired of walking. > > Jen has like 2 months of a less-than-ideal haircut. Some people have to get their arms amputated and she complains about having to wear a sassy Natalie Portman haircut rather than a Angelina Jolie haircut. Talk about a first world problem. I thought this was a joke. Then I realized it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/242 "2010-06-23T18:51:35Z")
Cutting someone’s hair off without their permission is an assault on their person; that’s been pretty well-established already. I’m not going to fault someone for taking it harder than I would; I don’t have long, lovely hair that I put a lot of effort into. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/243 "2010-06-23T18:57:37Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Damn. I have long curly hair. Everyone loves it and compliments it. Yes, sometimes I complain about the issues inherent in it - it’s hard to comb, you always know what the weather is, etc., but generally I love it and I think it’s beautiful. (Sorry about the hijack, people.) So, I take it you didn’t[get it all cut off?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567112&page=2) ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/244 "2010-06-23T19:10:52Z")
People - Jenn has nice hair and therefore deserves to be assaulted. Shame on us for not recognizing it sooner. :rolleyes: I believe my eyes may have just rolled so far back in my head that my optic nerve snapped. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/245 "2010-06-23T19:16:06Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > :rolleyes: I believe my eyes may have just rolled so far back in my head that my optic nerve snapped. Um, your eye gymnastics make me very jealous. I’m going to gouge that shit out if you don’t knock it off. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/246 "2010-06-23T19:17:56Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > It is. There is even a poem about it. Called, fittingly enough, The Rape of the Lock. > > (Okay, it’s–damn, I forgot the term, but essentially using grand language for a trivial thing.) Hyperbole? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/247 "2010-06-23T19:20:12Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Um, your eye gymnastics make me very jealous. I’m going to gouge that shit out if you don’t knock it off. Well, your witty retorts are pissing ME off. I’m going to stuff How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce down your throat in a minute! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/248 "2010-06-23T19:22:10Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Well, your witty retorts are pissing ME off. I’m going to stuff How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce down your throat in a minute! That you have a How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce makes me blind with white hot rage (the snapped optic nerves don’t help). I am now forced to amputate both your legs while you sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/249 "2010-06-23T19:30:04Z")
[Eeyore] Nobody is jealous enough to mutilate me. [/Eeyore] ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/250 "2010-06-23T19:35:15Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > [Eeyore] > Nobody is jealous enough to mutilate me. > [/Eeyore] The level at which your apathy outweighs mine is so great that I am filled with the rage of 10000 burning suns. Get ready to be made into a fucking donkey rug, you jack ass! ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/251 "2010-06-23T19:42:56Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > I am now forced to amputate both your legs while you sleep. And I am so jealous of your ability to sleep that I will be forced to stand outside your bedroom window and bang pots and pans… for _eternity_. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/252 "2010-06-23T20:04:41Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > It’s rude and ill mannered to cut off someone’s hair, especially when their hair is something they love and treasure. Is that so hard to understand? It’s not about the property value. It’s the fact that an ostensible friend tried to go out of their way to destroy something someone loved because they knew she loved it. That’s what’s disturbing. If it was (somehow) an accident, that would be one thing, but to willfully cut off hair _because_ you know they love it…that’s what makes you a disturbed individual. In my opinion, this is the best, most succinct explanation. My hair is my only redeeming feature and the one thing about my physical appearance that I have always liked and really value. Losing it would really, really upset me. Having someone who should know that cut it off as some kind of joke or to take me down a peg would be devastating. Oh, and I’m so jealous of **Dogzilla’s** stamina that I’m going to shove one of those pots up his (her?) nose. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/253 "2010-06-23T20:12:52Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Oh, and I’m so jealous of **Dogzilla’s** stamina that I’m going to shove one of those pots up his (her?) nose. Her. And, ouch. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/254 "2010-06-23T20:16:18Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Her. > > And, ouch. 😛 Ah. Sorry about that. And thank you for the clarification. Other than the very occasional well-placed insult (not referring to the pot up the nose comment) and fairly decent hair, I’ve got nothing for anyone to be remotely jealous of. So I’ll got sit down in my corner and get some popcorn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/255 "2010-06-23T20:17:53Z")
That popcorn’s going places where the sun don’t shine… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/256 "2010-06-23T20:21:59Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > That popcorn’s going places where the sun don’t shine… Upstate New York? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/257 "2010-06-23T20:25:18Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Upstate New York? Not a cloud in the sky today, you smart ass. Furthermore, we had a little mini earthquake this morning, so that was fun. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/258 "2010-06-23T20:39:23Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Not a cloud in the sky today, you smart ass. Furthermore, we had a little mini earthquake this morning, so that was fun. That was no earthquake, that was the popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/259 "2010-06-23T20:42:00Z")
Great, now I’m reading **tdn’s** post and hearing it in Alec Guinness’ voice. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859/260 "2010-06-23T20:48:23Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Upstate New York? Hey! I resemble that remark! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-a-girls-hair-is-this-ever-ok/543859.md?page=14)