# Pixie cuts on straight women. Why God Why?! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389 "2014-09-13T14:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/1 "2014-09-13T14:25:30Z")
Could someone please explain the appeal of pixie cuts on you straight women? Do their stylists REALLY think it looks attractive, and is helpful to their careers? Why would a woman VOLUNTARILY want to look “butch”? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/2 "2014-09-13T14:31:35Z")
Yep. [Dykes all](https://www.google.com/search?q=pixie+haircuts&rlz=1C1GPEA_enUS315US315&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5lQUVNbFBom4igK2qYGgBg&ved=0CCkQsAQ). ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/3 "2014-09-13T14:32:42Z")
[This](http://www.hdnewwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/halle-berry-laughing.jpg)is butch? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/4 "2014-09-13T14:34:27Z")
I do believe someone is about to get a trimming. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/5 "2014-09-13T14:34:34Z")
Is this a serious question? Maybe it’s a trend. Maybe it’s because many women regardless of size look quite beautiful with short hair. And if you feel a particular hairstyle isn’t attractive, why should anyone care? I’m sure your, mine, or anyone else’ s idea of beauty is inconsequential to what someone does to their body. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/6 "2014-09-13T14:34:58Z")
Pixie cuts don’t make women look butch at all. Are you sure you aren’t thinking of the crew-cut? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/7 "2014-09-13T14:39:30Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Do their stylists REALLY think it looks attractive, and is helpful to their careers? Do stylists really think about what might be helpful to a client’s career when cutting his/her hair? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/8 "2014-09-13T14:41:12Z")
I agree MMWV. To me, yeah Halle has a borderline butch cut. The person who I picture when picturing BAD pixie: Jennifer Lawrence. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/9 "2014-09-13T14:41:54Z")
I think [this](https://reposti.com/i/m/dQd.jpg) sums up the OP pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/10 "2014-09-13T15:08:53Z")
This reminds me of a screed, eons ago, by a Washington Post columnist who was furious that women wore comfortable shoes on the Metro. It was better for his sexual jollies if women wore high heels on the way to work, and he was unable to comprehend why women might do what THEY wanted to do instead of putting his needs for viewing high-heel-clad legs first. He was right, of course. How DARE females meet their own needs while ignoring his? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/11 "2014-09-13T15:46:37Z")
Why do other people do things I don’t like!?! Like, why would the OP voluntarily grow a neckbeard? Does he think it looks attractive or make him look like a grown adult? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/12 "2014-09-13T15:49:00Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Yep. [Dykes all](https://www.google.com/search?q=pixie+haircuts&rlz=1C1GPEA_enUS315US315&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=685&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5lQUVNbFBom4igK2qYGgBg&ved=0CCkQsAQ). I think I just became a lesbian. ---
**Author:** ![Tremblay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/13 "2014-09-13T15:52:46Z")
I have a friend who did went from long hair to a pixie cut. She’s been referred to a he on more than one occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/14 "2014-09-13T15:57:47Z")
In the OP’s defense, the conterarguments are always guaranteed to link to women who could wear a burlap bag full of dogshit on their heads and still make Jesus Christ climb down off the cross. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/15 "2014-09-13T16:10:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Could someone please explain the appeal of pixie cuts on you straight women? Sure! They like how they look with a pixie cut. HTH! > [@](#): > > Do their stylists REALLY think it looks attractive, and is helpful to their careers? I’ve heard tell that people are actually able to have different preferences. It sounds totally crazy, I know! And get this: Sometimes these broads even like pixie cuts for reasons totally unrelated to their careers! I know, right?? > [@](#): > > Why would a woman VOLUNTARILY want to look “butch”? Excellent question! We all know that pixie cuts are always 100% butch. Totally objectively. FACT. [Look at this dudely girl](http://classroom.synonym.com/DM-Resize/photos.demandstudios.com/getty/article/240/79/52103226.jpg). [She’s toootally a diesel dyke.](http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/d3/07/ee/d307eeb448a420548ae91bb5503b536b.jpg) [Excuse me, sir, do you h— oh, my goodness, I’m sorry, ma’am. You just look so, well, masculine](http://img2.timeinc.net/instyle/images/2011/gallery/052311-Ginnifer-400.jpg). [Whoa there, chica! Hope you have a great rack to balance out that hair of yours](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/d4/ec/55/d4ec55b6d56c0e2084c601c4860c808b.jpg)! Interestingly, apparently women sometimes make stylistic choices based on what _they_ personally find aesthetically appealing – these selfish ninnies don’t want to even consider the opinions of totally unknown men. What sense does that make? What other purpose do these chicks’ appearances serve? Jeez! ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/16 "2014-09-13T16:13:28Z")
In addition to all the more cogent arguments-that different looks appeal ro different people, and appearing ultra feminine isn’t alreays the prime responsibility of women towards men-It’s also not like every woman can have long flowing locks if she chooses. Plenty of women have hair that grows out super thin and brittle, or limp, or bad perm frizzy. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/17 "2014-09-13T16:19:08Z")
I love pixie cuts on the right woman. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/18 "2014-09-13T16:20:42Z")
Because [we don’t have to be pretty](http://dressaday.com/2006/10/20/you-dont-have-to-be-pretty/) > [@](#): > > You Don’t Have to Be Pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked “female”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/19 "2014-09-13T16:32:03Z")
The one that really offends my aesthetic tastes is the part buzzcut look, don’t know what it’s proper name is, as seen ruining otherwise severe hottie Natalie Dormer’s hair [here](http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvWd35qxyII2Lyih9NMggzVTj-HNn_8xTT2PwYZK6YSU07H9ql). ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389/20 "2014-09-13T16:32:45Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > In the OP’s defense, the conterarguments are always guaranteed to link to women who could wear a burlap bag full of dogshit on their heads and still make Jesus Christ climb down off the cross. The more valid counterargument is that unattractive pixie cuts happen no more often than any other “what was he/she thinking?!” haircut. A similar thread about guys with long “girly” hair would turn up equally good celebrity examples, rather than the greasy-haired guy missing a few teeth working the counter on a freeway gas stop at 2 a.m. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixie-cuts-on-straight-women-why-god-why/698389.md?page=2)