# Why don't women in the military get hair cuts?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-in-the-military-get-hair-cuts/133146 "2002-10-20T23:42:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-in-the-military-get-hair-cuts/133146/14 "2002-10-21T13:49:26Z")

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Because they’re hippies. 😃

My best friend from high school had to cut her hair to just below her ears. She told me that the main thing was it had to be a certain length above the collar, about two or three inches I think.

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