Why do men like long hair on women?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You’ll have to ask men who like long hair on women.

It’s just a cultural thing.

Because bald women are creepy?

I don’t discriminate.

Hair has long been associated with sensuality. Also, younger women tend to keep their hair longer, and what man doesn’t prefer younger women?

Some men prefer older women, it’s true. However, I’m willing to guess that a taste for younger women is what keeps the most genes in play, if ya know what I mean.

I’ve read that an attraction to youthful appearance is hardwired into our brains as a way to insure the survival of he species. Long, thick,deeply colored, shiny hair is a sign youth and by extension fertility. Befor the modern era and artficial hair treatments a woman in her 40’s had thinning, breaking, graying hair.

And it’s not just hair. Younger women have naturally pinker lips and cheeks and smoother skin all signs of health and fertility.

Of course women are not hardwired to respond to fertility signs but rather to physical strength for protection or maybe strength indicates stamina. lol

My SO says that he enjoys running his fingers through it while we make-out…. The longer it is, the more to run one’s finger through… :)

@Sloane: That’s the same reason I like my husband’s long hair. :)

@laureth: Yeah… :) My SO doesn’t have long hair, but, because he’s Indian, it’s really thick… and absolutely wonderful to play with. :)

My personal idea is that men like traits in women that distinguish them (women) from the defined gender role a male has.

Men seem to like women who have curves, long hair, smooth skin, etc because these are the opposite of what the archetypical male is supposed to be.

Just my thoughts…

I like short hair. It comes down to preference.

@Randy not all bald women look creepy, look at Sinead O’Conner she’s bald and beautiful.

Galileogirl hit the nail on the head; long, thick, shiny hair is a sign of health and fertility, which instinctively is attractive. Men are attracted to things like that because the main reason for attraction is to be able to reproduce successfully (think survival of the fittest). Men are looking for the best possible mate to pass on their genes, and indications of health and fertility are desirable because they will be best to ensure that good genes are passed on.

nah laureth is right, its really about sensuality. I love long hair

Long hair, short hair, bald, sasquatch. I’m not picky, just as long as she has the right parts.
Honey, if you’re reading this, I mean you. You know, right parts and all.

i have medium length hair and have it tied back about 50% of the time. My partner doesn’t like it at all when it tied back because he says that he likes the way it feels against his face (freak!) lol…very sweet…but a bit weird perhaps…

I have trouble differentiating between women with short hair and men.

Most guys probably don’t like having to figure out if their love interest is a man or a woman.

If a person’s hair is the only gender indicator that a guy can figure out, though, it probably means he has other pattern-recognition issues.

I’ve always wondered about this. I personally look better with short hair but guys have always preferred it long.

:( I have shortish hair…do you men out there still like me?

I think it adds to the look of being feminine, and grace, because the hair will fly about then we are moving around.

Hmmm…GQ. I have wondered this myself. My SO doesn’t want me to donate my hair because he doesn’t want my hair to be short. Too bad for him. I agree with most of the answers on here.

i think it commonly has something to do with our instincts. long hair signifies health or something, maybe, back in the cave days. i doubt if this makes any sense, but i’m trying my best to remember what my science & psychology teachers have said about this, because i vaguely remember it coming up.

I like long hair in general, even on horses. But of course I’d rather date a beautiful girl with short hair than an ugly one with long. It’s just one of the many characteristics, just like eyes, lips, etc, but certainly long, healthy hair adds to the overall beauty.

Some guys think girls with short hair look like guys sometimes.

to hold on to?

:)

What else can you grab onto when riding bareback?

It provides a handle?

I really don’t care if it’s long or short, as long as it looks good. In fact, if it’s long, it better be her real hair. I hate that weave shit.

I wish women wouldn’t care what men like, I wish they would be self confident enough to have it the way they like it and not worry. Do men wear their hair in a given style to attract women? If it is someone you are in a relationship with, I guess it is okay, but really if my partner decided he didn’t love me anymore because I cut my hair or let it grow, I would figure wasn’t much to that relationship in the first place. And I wouldn’t dream of telling him how to wear his hair, seems like a control thing to me.

Look at it like peacock plumage; absolutely beautiful.

It is the male peacock who has the plumage.

@rooeytoo
Who are you kidding. We all know women don’t dress for men they dress for other women. If I had a dollar for every woman who was concerned about Michelle Obama’s outfit at the inauguration I’d be a millionare. Any man would only have noticed had she been naked.

@SeventhSense – To me personally it is a strange concept to dress for anyone except myself and comfort. And that was always my choice. But if indeed women dress for other women, then the choice of fashion becomes even more difficult to understand. Why would one woman dress in skin tight, uncomfortable and often not flattering clothing for another woman? Are not a large portion of designers male? The women I knew who dressed for attention did it to attract male attention not female.

@rooeytoo
Are not a large portion of designers male?
Gay males.
Well I guess we have to account for regional differences between Australia and the USA, but look at the Academy Awards for example.

@rooeytoo I am aware the male peacock has the plumage. That was besides the point. : )

It’s easier to pull.

Not all men do, nor on all women. I think that it is generational thing. In the twenties short hair, small bust lines and short skirts were in vogue, in the forties and fifties it was full shoulder length hair and full figures, in the sixties, short or bouffant “teased” hair and very short skirts were again popular. Originally it marked a very distinctive difference between men and women, long flowing hair was feminine. Men appreciate most things feminine, so it depends on what they regard as feminine.

@SeventhSense if you really think that women dress for other women, explain why they only dress up if there are men around. They dress to “compete” with other women, not to impress them. If you are in a situation where there are only women, no men, they dress for comfort. Once a new man appears, they instantly head for a mirror. I spent most of my life as the only male in an all female household and have always found this amusing. One wife, five daughters and their friends, all lazing around on a quiet weekend and one of the girl’s boyfriend shows up. They all disappear and slowly reappear much more attractively presented. Tell me that I am wrong?

@DarkScribe
That’s true quite often. Although they will dress for an event that is all female, luncheon, shower etc that is simply for each other. If it was just to compete with other women for men it would simply be the sexiest dressed wins but that’s not the case. Which man back in the 80’s for example ever liked a woman with shoulder pads? Yet they were all the vogue.

My experience is men like healthy long hair because it’s sensually tactile and unusual.

long hair gives extra beauty for the women..

Cause it reminds me of Cher Bone’r, I mean Bono.

I’m all for short hair. Shoulder length at the very most. Pixie cuts are my very favorite.

because your hair is your CROWN OF GLORY….and it brings out the beauty in most women…...oh yeah they can pull it too during sex!

I can’t explain why, but my lady’s waist length firey red hair was an incredible turn-on to me. It understood the major hassle of maintaining long hair and helped Meg maintain it. Brushing, washing even braiding. I wanted to show my appreciation for her keeping it that way for me. The hair care rituals were often a form of foreplay for us.

To me it shows grace and the full natural beauty of the woman.

I actually prefer women with long hair. Women with very short hair remind me of boys. Some guys like women with short, boyish haircuts, but I don’t.