Why do people cut their hair when stressed or upset?
I've seen people do that. It's more like an urge to change themselves from being the person they have been before. People also try to change the way they look by changing their dressing style. They can feel different and as the past look is attached with shitty or bad memories and it feel good that they are not the same person anymore.Some people may do it because they love their hair so much. Yea, you heard that right. An external shock psychologically can help them to rehabilitate themselves. Takes their mind off the issue that was worrying them before. It may work.Look at this quote by chuck palahniuk (Author of Fight club)My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have the freedom to trash any part of the book on the next rewrite.See?!, gives the guts that it's OK to fuck up things when you are stressed.
Why do white people cut their childs hair?
Lol we cut our children's hair because sometimes it can grow quite quickly. I didn't have my first hair cut until I was 3 and I BEGGED for it, got a bob (ugh) b/c my mom got one a few days before. My hair was down to my butt. My grandmother used to French braid it all of the time. I had to trim up my son's in the back a little bit already because it was quite long and sort of uneven because he had lost some in the back where it rubbed on his sheet (quite normal) he is almost 7 months. If he were a girl though, I wouldn't have of course. I would say most people have their child's hair cut for the 1st time between 1 and 2 years of age depending on their hair and gender.
Would white people mind the afro hair of their mixed race children?
It sounds like the hair is just a surrogate for some other, much deeper concerns.Having an afro itself is nothing but a matter of style. White people can and do have them all the time. Back in the 70's, my dad sported a white-guy 'fro that got him compliments all the time, despite having (as far as we know) no African ancestry at all. My brother spent years hoping his hair would become curly enough to style it the same way.The anxiety your friend has is probably a lot more about his child having ancestry and life experiences that he can't relate to. Honestly, I can understand that. As a parent, you want your child to have as easy a life as you can, and the fear that the world won't accept them has to be heart-wrenching. You also want to teach and nurture your children, and the fear that he's going to face challenges and threats that you can't totally understand, let along relate to, has to be really scary.The problem is, by focusing on his son's appearance, rather than how he's going to care for his son, he's creating the danger that this boy will feel like his father doesn't care about him, relate to him or love him. I don't really know what you can say to him, but my best advice would be to remind him that this is his son, who carries his blood and his family's legacy. It sounds like he needs to be very conscious about never making him feel disconnected or unloved. Anxiety is normal for any new parent, racial issues aside, but he needs to be able to put that aside and make sure his son never doubts that he's accepted in his own home.
Why do people with cancer have there hair cut?
DavidI have cancer and JUST this AM had my hair cut why wouldn't IThe days of cytotoxic chemotherapy are almost goneMore and more cancer treatment is based on non-cytotoxic agents that do not cause hair loss. Even when we do use them the hair is not dead permanently it is only a short term issue and within months grows right backPLUS for those who do have hair loss it never falls ALL out so those who opt to go the "natural way" need a shave to get it there otherwise they have to deal with patches here and thereHope this helps and thanks for the request
Can a black baby have straight curly hair like white people?
as a baby, true hair texture will not develop until about 1 year of age. So even a baby who may have courser hair later in life, might start with straight or wavy hair. Additionally physical traits can go back several generations. Two brown skinned parents can have a fair baby with straight hair and gray eyes, while two lighter complexioned parents can have an mohaganny or ebony skinned child. A baby can take after a great great great....grandparent. Also a lot of us have white and other races intertwind into us that we do not acknowledge or realize. Especially black americans since during slavery a lot of slave masters took advantage of some of the prettier black women and never claimed the child. So you could have white in you and not know it. And as a personal experience as a baby my sister and I both had straight hair as babies, mine still isnt as course as most and didnt get course until I was around 5. My son is half black and 1/4 white and a 1/4 spanish, and he looks EXACTLY like my husband. I hate to admit this (ill never tell my husband this) you can hardly tell he's mine. You can barely see any black in him. He's got green eyes, ivory skin, wavy hair, If i didnt see him come out of me I would be like honey did you cheat? LOL! just kidding. My husbands mother showed me his baby pictures and you literally cannot tell his pictures from my son's baby pictures apart, its scary. But really its all up to genetics and who has the dominant gene. Sometimes the dominant gene can be 5 or 6 generations back. Maybe if we ever have a little girl she'll look like mommy :)
Why do so many white people go up to black people including children to touch their hair? Do they not consider this an objectification and an invasion of personal space?
They don’t. This article is severe selection bias verging toward racism.A few white people, mostly elderly, wanted to touch her child’s hair. A few white people. Not “many” white people. If hordes of white people were constantly charging about wanting to touch black children’s hair, one would think society would have noticed. But it hasn’t been noticed, because it isn’t common.Funny story: My grandmother once told me a story of this happening in reverse. She was at the local farmer’s market with my mother, who was maybe 8 years old at the time, and struck up a conversation with a black woman who was also shopping. The black woman kept touching and stroking my mother’s hair, presumably because it was just so different from her own children’s hair and she was fascinated by it.Funny story deux: A lifetime ago when I was training to be a high school teacher I interned in what the Florida DOE calls an “urban” school. Which really means a black school. My directing teacher and I were one of the few white people in the building and ALL of the black students were completely obsessed with our hair. They were forever asking to touch and feel it because it was so different from their own. In the middle of my internship I got my hair cut down to a 1 inch length, and all the boys kept asking me how I got my hair to stand up like that. I kept telling them it just does that on its own when it’s cut short but they refused to believe me.My point is, this is just a natural response. Black people and white people have very different hair. If they don’t grow up in mixed-race neighborhoods and schools, which a lot of older people haven’t, the difference seems very weird to them and they become curious. It’s not a “white people thing”. It’s a HUMAN thing.
Why do people associate BLACK MEN with BRAIDS as being "gangster" and "thug"?
i wear my braids and i don't care what anyone says. they associate stereotypes they see in movies and hear in music and base their beliefs off of the media. when in all actuality, it's just a hair style. wearing braids does not mean that those who wear them are a thug, gangster, have robbed a bank, or any thing else with a negative connotation. because just as a black man with braids would supposedly rob someone, so can a BALD white man, a LONG haired indian, SPIKEY haired asian, or a LAYERED haired woman for that matter. it's just a hairstyle. those who still judge people off of their hairstyle need to grow up and need to chill out with the whole telling people what to do to their hair. and homie, if you have them (braids), do as you please. who ever is telling you to cut your hair are just followers of the latest trend where everyone is cutting their hair and look at you as out of style. f-u-c-k that. i'd rather look and be different than look like everyone else because they're to scared to be themselves, hear what people have to say and do what they like. be yourself, if you like long hair on you, i say keep it. if you dont want it anymore, then cut it. just that simple. the choice is ultimately yours and yours alone. FYI; i have braids, i'm 19, in college getting my associates and bachelors degree in psychology and criminal justice. not such a thug now huh america? lol. i know i cant please everyone, but what i can do is be myself. GeTMoNeY M.O.B.
Why do many young Chinese have several white hairs?
I don't agree with part of William Yang's reason.I noticed two grils with white hairs when i was in primary.You seldom see women have white hairs because they care more about it and have their hair dyed.Hair dye is common phenomenon in China.(And who can tell me whether it is popular in your counties?)A few people have white hairs due to stress,diet or pollution.I have white hairs at the age of 13 when I didn't have any stress. Then white hairs gradually increased until reached plateau, it's wired that most white hairs concentrate on the back and side of my head. I'm sensitive and shy as a child and I don't want to be different with others. So I had dyed my hair until graduated from university. I tried several ways to solve this problem but had no effect.Finally i incline the reason to genetics and wait for a scientific explanation.