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From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Cutting hair - symbolically
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 18:10:41 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 18:10:41 1984
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<bon appetit>

Another very simple reason as to why women cut their hair after they get married
is that long hair doesn't look as nice as one gets older since it tends to pull
the face down.  As women are older after they get married than before, assuming
we are talking about the same marriage, then they probably are more likely to
cut their hair after their marriage then before.

Other simple resons might have to do with having children.  During pregnancy,
hair often looses some of its luster.  As the child is drawing nurishment from
the mother, less important parts of her body might tend to suffer and hair is
one of them, so in some cases it might be better to cut the hair.

The other possibility is that after they get married women often have less time
to spend on themselves as they have to spend more time taking care of others, so
the least important things probably go first, for some it's fitness, others it's
taking care of one's hair and others wearing nice clothes.

Of course all the other suggestions probably have something to do with it, but
I think the more down to earth ones  are probably the main reasons.

				Sophie Quigley
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