WOMEN AND ALOPECIA AND SOCIETAL OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION. PART 1.

Now, there is this fable about Sampson and Delia, of how Samson was made weak by the cutting of his hair. In contemporary societies, it is probably only Sikh men who hold their hair in such esteem, with it becoming a matter of a ritualistic display of their faith and their connection with their god. Orthodox Sikh men not cutting their hair or beard is an article of their faith, although I do not know if they attribute the same kind of reverence with which Samson's hair has been purported to have had. In contemporary societies, men having long hair and beards can either be a display of their religious faiths, their culture, fashion, or their personal preferences. However, it is not with vain men and their hair which this post is primarily about. My concern is about women and their hair. It seems to be the general or 'normal' disposition of society, to invest great importance in the stature of their women's hair. Up to the closing decade of the 20th C...