I wear my hair short. By many societies social gendered standards, it is as short as typically worn by males.
Upkeep of this haircut (which I love and feel 100% comfortable in), is problematic in a Middle Eastern country.
If I go to traditionally female salons, they want to make my haircut more feminine than I want - they like leaving the area around the ears long, and the back layer long, creating an unfortunate baby mullet.
I cannot go to traditionally male salons because of the distance required between men and women in this country.
I have attempted to solve this problem by having my roommate cut my hair - so the back was getting really long, but I could still spike it in the front.
Then, I went to Nepal.
I was wandering the first day, and stumbled upon a small, unisex, hole-in-the-wall barbershop.
It was wonderful. They didn't give me weird looks, didn't act like it was strange for my hair to be as it was, or to be in that shop. Even though there was a major language barrier, I got an amazing haircut by an old Nepali man.
I found more hair equality there than in Nepal - they didn't try to pretend that it was anything other than it was - a stereotypically male haircut on a female body. I even got a neck shave and head massage.
My hair looks damn good. It was a great start to my trip - I discovered that haircut equality does exist.
<3
Upkeep of this haircut (which I love and feel 100% comfortable in), is problematic in a Middle Eastern country.
If I go to traditionally female salons, they want to make my haircut more feminine than I want - they like leaving the area around the ears long, and the back layer long, creating an unfortunate baby mullet.
I cannot go to traditionally male salons because of the distance required between men and women in this country.
I have attempted to solve this problem by having my roommate cut my hair - so the back was getting really long, but I could still spike it in the front.
Then, I went to Nepal.
I was wandering the first day, and stumbled upon a small, unisex, hole-in-the-wall barbershop.
It was wonderful. They didn't give me weird looks, didn't act like it was strange for my hair to be as it was, or to be in that shop. Even though there was a major language barrier, I got an amazing haircut by an old Nepali man.
I found more hair equality there than in Nepal - they didn't try to pretend that it was anything other than it was - a stereotypically male haircut on a female body. I even got a neck shave and head massage.
My hair looks damn good. It was a great start to my trip - I discovered that haircut equality does exist.
<3
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