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Bias against bald people

Started by hubag bohol, March 22, 2012, 08:37:30 PM

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Bias against bald people started early. Ovid in AD 1 said “Ugly are hornless bulls, a field without grass is an eyesore/So is a tree without leaves, so is a head without hair”. Scheherazade asks “Is there anything more ugly in the world than a man … bald as an artichoke?” Historians say Caesar used laurel leaves to hide male pattern baldness, and the Bible in Corinthians 11:15 says a woman’s long hair is her glory. In the 19th century, baldness for men meant wearing a wig if they were to have any kind of public or professional life.

...than to speak out and remove all doubt." - Abraham Lincoln

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hubag bohol

The 20th century’s youth-obsessed culture viewed baldness as old age incarnate, and fueled a billion dollar hair care and restoration industry. Actors Burt Reynolds and Sean Connery obsessed over their hairpieces, and Larry Hagman rotated several toupees each month to simulate normal hair growth. Premature baldness in teen boys and hair loss for women were taken as social catastrophes, and cause for profound depression. Worse, thoughtless bald jokes were considered an entirely acceptable form of humor. It’s also telling that Americans haven’t elected a balding presidential candidate since Eisenhower, in the 1950s. Bald men also confess that dating from the 1960s-1980s was particularly brutal.

But, there is hope. In the late nineties, white men copied African American style (imagine that) and began shaving their heads. It took some time, but now there are plenty of bald film stars like Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel, and Patrick Stewart, not to mention sports icons Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neill. Bald is so cool now that men who aren’t bald buzz their hair so short they might as well be (Wayne Rooney, Jason Statham, Tyler Perry, and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson).

So bald men can be sexy now. Bald women, however, are still at the ‘extreme fashion choice’ stage. They still get treated differently, even by other women (who often ask about their health). But Demi Moore (GI Jane) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens III) have made successful films with shorn scalps, and Sinead O’Connor was bald for her entire singing career. And they were plenty sexy.

We could be going faster, but we’re headed (groan) in the right direction. Think about it â€" when was the last time you heard a new bald joke? -- http://listverse.com/

...than to speak out and remove all doubt." - Abraham Lincoln

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cujo

I think bald men are sexy and smart.Besides they are the only one who could not make fun of fat people.Why ? because fat people can always say"at least I can lose weight.How about you can you grow a hair?" :)

hubag bohol

Bwahaha! Fatso demolishes Baldy! ;D

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Lorenzo

hehehe, baldness is not permanent. One can have reconstructive hair transplant procedure. It will cost a person around $15,000 for the procedure.

:)
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Lorenzo

But i'm sure one can find good reconstructive surgeons who can charge more affordable prices in pesos. One can try to visit the Bello clinic. :)
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hubag bohol

Gagasto-gasto ra man na. Wa baya koy problema sa akong buhok (or lack of it)...

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hubag bohol

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Lorenzo

hehehe, then again, there are women who find bald men sexy. :)

so okay ra pod diay.
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islander

to those who rue their thinning hair or increasing foreheads... ari mo nako.  mahal sa belo clinic.  kun ari mo nako, gratis et amore, daghan kog balhibo sa mga iring nga nangataktak.  sayon ra i-glue sa inyong mga ulo. ;D
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Lorenzo

Quote from: islander on March 24, 2012, 12:29:38 PM
to those who rue their thinning hair or increasing foreheads... ari mo nako.  mahal sa belo clinic.  kun ari mo nako, gratis et amore, daghan kog balhibo sa mga iring nga nangataktak.  sayon ra i-glue sa inyong mga ulo. ;D


Bwahahaha ;D

Pila man imong services, Isles? Pwede pod hangyohangyoon ka sa mga kliyente nimo?
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hubag bohol

Quote from: islander on March 24, 2012, 12:29:38 PM
to those who rue their thinning hair or increasing foreheads... ari mo nako.  mahal sa belo clinic.  kun ari mo nako, gratis et amore, daghan kog balhibo sa mga iring nga nangataktak.  sayon ra i-glue sa inyong mga ulo. ;D

Hmm, balhibo lang kaha nimo nga nagataktak... ;D

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hubag bohol

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 24, 2012, 11:56:06 AM
hehehe, then again, there are women who find bald men sexy. :)

so okay ra pod diay.

OK ang opaw kay way gasto sa shampoo. Hinuon, dali rang mahurot ang facial wash... ;D

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Lorenzo

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 24, 2012, 03:50:31 PM
OK ang opaw kay way gasto sa shampoo. Hinuon, dali rang mahurot ang facial wash... ;D



LOL! Mao pod bitaw. ;D
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