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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Readers reply: Why do men have short hair and women long hair?

Fashionable couple in jacket and overcoat posing together outside; he has short hair, hers is long and braided

Why do men have short hair and women long hair, generally speaking? When – and why – did this become the convention? (The same questions apply to trousers and skirts, come to think of it.) Rojo Levien, by email

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