When did we start thinking that men should have short haircuts and long hair is only for women?

by BlackBennu

I have had my hair long ever since I was 16 and since then I have been given all sorts of insults and jokes about how I "look like a girl" or that "real men have short hair".

Fortunately, this thinking is slowly dying out but I couldn't help but to notice that back in the nineteenth century many successful men had their hair long. So I figured, when did we create this stereotype and how?

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