No, women should not “have to be pretty.”
We welcome you to the land of “undatable unless you earn north of $75K.” I assure you it ain’t pretty here.
They like how it looks and, most importantly, they don’t care about what random douche bags think about it.
We also don’t have to be dateable.
Skrillex, is that you? :eek: 
Unless you’re a man, you aren’t the “we” he was talking about.
Men don’t have to be dateable either.
Valid point. But the article you linked to is about being stylish as opposed to simply fashionable. People who want to be above the fray have a 100% right to do so, but realistically most people desire that least one other person find him or her attractive. I don’t believe one need to totally opt out of the biological imperative to retain some dignity, but it does oblige one to both compromise one ones own eccentricity while cultivating an appreciation for the other persons need to be as eccentric as he or she desires.
It’s neither misogynistic nor misandrist: good people love and stay with you for who you are. But it’s what you are that gets you in the door in this less than best of all possible worlds.
My late teen aged year old daughter just got a pixie cut after having long straight hair since childhood.
She is even more beautiful now. It’s striking. I was shocked. She went from kid to young adult in 15 minutes.
Some guys at school actually got mad at her about it.
But she loves the look and the ease of care. After years of managing long straight hair, she said she can now just jump in and of the shower and go. She just ruffles it up when wet or sweeps it to one side or the other and that’s it.
She says “You can STFU about her hair. It’s not your business.” That’s a quote- LOL!
Half hawk
Yeah, I would never hire a woman who looked ugly and not feminine. Those ugly resumes go right into the circular file. Women these days, thinking that what I think about their looks isn’t the most important qualification for employment. Sheesh!
I like that haircut too, but that might be cyberpunk’s fault.
Sorry, dudes like attractive women. Hate you burst your bubble.
Similarly, I’d rather not shower but once a week. Yet I acquiesce and don’t bitch about how society is holding me back since women don’t like stinkers.
If you wanna make yourself ugly with a garish pixie cut be my guest. I’ll just laugh at how stupid you look.
They do if they want to do much dating, which in my experience most single men do. As do most single women. “Dateable” just means different things for each: either conforming to an arbitrary standard of beauty, or having a certain amount of income.
In all fairness, pixie cuts only tend to look good on women with certain features and body types. It tends to focus attention to the face, so you should probably have a pretty one if you are going to wear your hair that way.
This should be the official gif of the SDMB, if not the entire internet.
In case this descends further into the gender wars, I want to go on record as NOT holding women to any standards of beauty, or any at all for that matter, other than their own. I just snarkily want them to release us guys from ours in comity. Plus, the pixie cut is not at all unattractive nor unwomanly IMHO
The “mom-bob,” on the other hand…
3799-PLEASE tell me it’s her Facebook quote.
BTW, I never claimed women had an obligation to be attractive to EVERY man. Just sharing my personal aesthetic observation, carry on.
I’ve been trying to convince my wife to get a pixie cut for some time now - I think they’re sexy. She claims her hair is too curly for it to work easily, and I defer to her greater knowledge on the subject.
IIRC, you have neither a woman or career.
Do you really think you’re in the position to give anyone advice wrt to these subjects?
Oh yay, another thread where guys try to tell us their preferences are far more important than out own!