# Men: Do you like short hair on women? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215 "2006-12-15T01:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gridnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee59a6/32.png) [@Gridnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gridnak)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/21 "2006-12-15T18:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lightnin’] I like long hair, and I like short hair. Some women can even make bald look sexy. [/QUOTE] Same here. I’ve never really thought of it this way before. Either I like the way a woman looks or I don’t (or just don’t care one way or the other). I still have fond memories (probably blown out of proportion by now) of a girl I saw at a Pantera concert waaay back when. She had long blue hair on one side, was shaved on the other and a chain from her ear to her nose, but, damn, she was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/22 "2006-12-15T18:49:05Z")
I like it but it totally depends on the cut. I’m not a huge fan of the “Mommy cut” that **Anaamika** alluded to above but a cute face with a cool cut and glasses…wow…that will definitely make me look twice. ---
**Author:** ![Logan\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Logan\_5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logan_5)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/23 "2006-12-15T18:57:58Z")
I think short hair on women is very sexy!!! But not on all women. In general I prefer short-haired women, but not exclusively. My SO has shoulder length hair and I can’t see her with a crew cut. Just doesn’t work for everybody. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/24 "2006-12-15T19:08:23Z")
I much prefer long hair. But if the woman is petite, short hair can be sexy. Oddly, some women beleive that short hair makes them look lighter, but it doesn’t at all, in fact just the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/25 "2006-12-15T19:16:51Z")
I do! I like the T’puu look (Jolene Blalock)-vulcon look. If the ears could be Vulcan as well-great! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/26 "2006-12-15T19:20:32Z")
I think [SOME [del]GIRLS[/del] WOMEN](http://www.jupe.be/photo/article_garconne/garconne_louise_brooks3.jpg) are _facinating_ with short hair. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/27 "2006-12-15T19:21:02Z")
[QUOTE=Ol’Gaffer] I like it but it totally depends on the cut. I’m not a huge fan of the “Mommy cut” that **Anaamika** alluded to above but a cute face with a cool cut and glasses…wow…that will definitely make me look twice. [/QUOTE] Agree totally. I’m a girl who decided to go very short a few months ago and I’ve had loads of compliments about it. BUT I make sure I get a very good (and very expensive) cut at a top London salon, so it looks groovy rather than dowdy. It actually takes a lot of work (regular cuts, daily styling, loads of product), but it’s worth it. I work in the design profession so it suits what I do - I think my clients would be disappointed if I turned up in the usual long straight blond highlighted number. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/28 "2006-12-15T19:42:50Z")
I like long hair on a woman. Shoulder length or longer. Some women can pull off short hair, but only a few. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/29 "2006-12-15T19:52:21Z")
Yes! A cute short haircut will definitely catch my eye. I often wish more women wore their hair short. ---
**Author:** ![justqwerty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@justqwerty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justqwerty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/30 "2006-12-15T20:08:43Z")
the proper 🙂 question is > **[Why do men like long hair ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=388563)** > > I’ve been wondering for a long time now, what is it with men and long hair? I mean, why is that so many men like it when a woman wears her hair long? If your hair is short then sooner or later you’ll have to answer zee question, and possibly when you... ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/31 "2006-12-15T20:25:24Z")
Short like a pixie cut or like a bob? I like very short hair like a pixie cut or a boy-ish cut, however, i’ve found that girls who have that style of hair tend to be a bit …dramatic. Also, it only really looks good on women who have a slight build and delicate features. One of our friends kind of “bulked up” after college and with her pixie cut she looked like a cross between Susan Powter and an angry lesbien (which might be redundent). A woman with a shaved head looks stupid (Think Sigorney Weaver in Aliens3 or Demi Moore in GI Jane). Short hair (less than shoulder length), IMHO, looks plain, sensible and boring. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/32 "2006-12-15T20:37:04Z")
I’m less interested in the haircut than the person inside. ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/33 "2006-12-15T20:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] … Short hair (less than shoulder length), IMHO, looks plain, sensible and boring. [/QUOTE] Does [this](http://www.cineastentreff.de/teleschau/200617/1/200617_167766_1_024.jpg) look “plain, sensible and boring”? I think short hair is hot. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/34 "2006-12-15T21:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] Short like a pixie cut or like a bob? I like very short hair like a pixie cut or a boy-ish cut, however, i’ve found that girls who have that style of hair tend to be a bit …dramatic. Also, it only really looks good on women who have a slight build and delicate features. One of our friends kind of “bulked up” after college and with her pixie cut she looked like a cross between Susan Powter and an angry lesbien (which might be redundent). A woman with a shaved head looks stupid (Think Sigorney Weaver in Aliens3 or Demi Moore in GI Jane). Short hair (less than shoulder length), IMHO, looks plain, sensible and boring. [/QUOTE] Gotta disagree with the Sigorney Weaver part. I think the idea was to make her look masculine and sexy at the same time. I loved it and think it took guts on her part to go along with it. Besides, I’m in love with her! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/35 "2006-12-15T21:01:07Z")
Generally speaking, no. I like long hair on women much better. On the other hand, my wife looks good with her shorter hair, and since it’s her hair I don’t tell her how to cut it. In return, she doesn’t tell me to cut off my beard. Currently, my hair is longer than hers. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/36 "2006-12-15T21:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] I know I do. As I intimated in a month-ago thread, I tend to like androgynous women - spunky, sarcastic, playful, tomboyish. And if the short hair comes as part of the package deal…[licks lips] [/QUOTE] This is pretty much my opinion too. However, in this as in everything else, my tastes vary according to the person I’m attracted to at the moment. If I see a sexy woman with long hair, I’ll think “Long hair is so hot!” and if I see a sexy woman with short hair, I’ll think “Short hair is so hot!”, and so on, with basically every physical feature. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/37 "2006-12-15T21:18:59Z")
I think short (boy-short) hair looks best on slender women with small noses and tall-oval heads. Also better if the hair is straight and not curly. I also like hair that’s shorter than average but not too short. When I first met my current girlfriend she had what I describe as a [Dora the Explorer haircut.](http://www.edutainingkids.com/review/dorafairytale.jpg) . Since she’s Filipino, Chinese and Portugese, with light brown skin, and has the same kind of wide head, this caused her to bear an uncanny resemblance to Dora. A 20 year old version of her, anyway. I found the overall effect of it to be extremely exotic and attractive. But I don’t think a boyish haircut would have looked good on her. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/38 "2006-12-15T21:50:02Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] I’m less interested in the haircut than the person inside. [/QUOTE] Well, sure. I don’t think anyone in this thread is suggesting otherwise about themself. But in my case at least, part of what makes me want to get to know the person inside in the first place is appearance. And hairstyle is a huge part of that. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/39 "2006-12-15T21:59:07Z")
[Yes!](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/2006/04/24/bvdalton2.jpg) [yes!](http://images.scotsman.com/2002/11/23/ts2311win.jpg) [yes!](http://z.about.com/f/wiki/e/en/thumb/a/ab/Ezri_Dax.jpg/250px-Ezri_Dax.jpg) [very much](http://www.audrey-hepburn.com/audrey.gif) [yes!](http://www.jerktime.com/vanessa/pics/welcome.jpg) I know it’s not what most guys go for, but I love it. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215/40 "2006-12-15T22:48:00Z")
No Not on women of any age. When my old mother gets her hair cut she looks like an old man. My siblings tell her she looks nice, but I tell her I hope it grows back soon. We had two hot twin women where I work. One cut her hair and the difference was depressing. When asked why, she said she had gotten married and didn’t need to have it long any more. I felt sorry for her husband. If only he had known what was to come. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-like-short-hair-on-women/384215.md?page=3)