My mohican hair style offends
12-March-2010
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It never ceases to amaze me how some people can be so prejudiced about the way you look and in particular about your hair style.  It seems that people do in fact judge the book by its cover and if you don't fit in with the rest of the crowd you can expect different and sometimes even hostile treatment.

Occasionally I go for something a bit different with my hair style and clothes; so I recently decided to be bit more radical than normal and opt for a mohican style haircut.  I got the usual funny remarks about mid life crisis (maybe true in my case!), BA Baracas, I ain't gettin' on no plane!, Jake from the Tweenies and all that kind of stuff.

No problem, kinda funny and well I guess it goes with the territory really.

That sad and unfortunate fact however, is that the older and more conservative folk seem to have a problem with this.  They don't care for all that and seem to have some preconceived notion that you are thug about to go out and you are about to rob someone or break the law.  You can see it in their eyes, the sideways looks and whispering.  If they can, they'll make life difficult for you and in their way let you know that you're not welcome.

A girl with a mohawk, courtesy of soundgroov - stock.xchng

Mohican hairstyle, long hair, short hair?

I quite object to this kind of treatment.  Just because you look different, it doesn't automatically follow that you are out to cause trouble.  A mohican hairstyle, long hair, extremely short hair, it is all the same in that you're either in that minority or you're not and you blend in with Joe public.  Why do some people have this attitude?  We're not hurting anyone, and it doesn't change who we are inside.

There are plenty of really sick, violent and downright nasty people in the world.  The vast majority of them you may pass on the street and you wouldn't even give them a second glance.

Is it... because they look normal?


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same with me even my parents think differently to my hair style.
*browny  22-Nov-2009 13:02

 
Oh look, another idiot. I thought the schools had gone back already. Shouldn't you be playing with your lego bricks instead of fart arsing around on the Internet? Leave this stuff to the grownups and the older children.
*Connor  09-Jun-2009 14:48

 
Personally your a w*ker with your hair cut. grow up
*derrkk head  09-Jun-2009 14:13

 
Yes to the fullest,spotting a mohican.I dont think there is any other hair sytle cooler,except for mr bentley..It brought a difference around..
*COLDFLAME  06-Jun-2009 21:10

 
I think one day we will all learn that no matter how someone looks, it really does not mean that they are total scum unless.......... they prove it.

I do judge books by their cover, but it's probably because I am too weak to find out about the real person under the er......erm "style"
*andy  03-Jun-2009 20:38

 
Mohican? Rubbish it's more Huron, Muhhekunneuw, Last of. Minnehaha has been refusing to sleep with her uncle. Hiawatha has not paid his fees this year. Get a haircut! £8.
*Stripped of All Dignity  27-May-2009 22:52

 
I had my mohican all sorts of colours, plus piercings, studded leather, ripped jeans, DMs, etc,when I was a Punk in the 70s and 80s. Best hairstyle I ever had. I even had it done, but not dyed, when I was in the British Army serving in the First Gulf War. Some of the lads there used to laugh at my old photos, but I would just laugh back and ask if the council cuts their hair for em.

It's a pisser to see members of boy bands and pop divas flirting with Punk dress style. A Punk I know removed his piercings because of the likes of Christina Aguilera having them. I couldn't grow a mohican now, as I am too bald. I still go to all the gigs, though.
*WolvoExPunk  27-May-2009 15:59

 
I love this kind of hair style! Reminds me of the late 70's / early 80's when I was a kid and Punks were around. I used to stare open mouthed in amazement at their exotic multi coloured spikey hair do's. I also used to find them a bit 'scary' but looking back I can see that Punks cared greatly about their appearance and must've spent hours getting their hair to look that way. Furthermore they never hid their faces away under hooded tops, or wielded guns or knives. My God how I wish a spikey hair do was the most offensive thing young people did these days. I would have all those Punx back tommorow if they'd banish the hoodies to the sewers where they belong!
*Punk fan!  22-May-2009 09:59

 
Oh Mallory, that has taken me back!
I remember once seeing an old lady wearing a pale blue mac with matching hair and thinking how she would probably criticise us teenagers for our appearance! (This must have been about 40 years ago - ouch!)
*grumpyoldwoman  21-May-2009 16:47

 
It never ceases to amaze me that people are judged purely on hairstyles which are a little unusual and individual. Sometimes there's hypocrisy there too: I was once berated as a teenager for having dark purple hair by an elderly lady sporting a large blue rinse...
*Mallory  21-May-2009 13:52

 
I am a black female working for airline 17 years. my hair is short so I stlyed in a mohawk. did not have a mohawk cut,no coler I was sent home from work, this was not fair. women at my job have pink hair ect. not sent home, what is this world coming to.
*ukimb2  02-May-2009 13:28

 
Ternith sjomah -- look, most likely 90% of the trouble is caused by those that look normal and "fit in" as you might put it. Indeed I've got a studded jacket, and wear makeup and I find that usually, the violence is started by males with too much testorone, muscle and not enough brain cells. I'd never hit someone unless it was in self defence, never. It's always the boys I mentioned above that start it, and they also usually have many many friends with them and they all would be classed as "normal"(they also look exactly the same as eachother, right down to the shoelaces). So really, the criminals aren't us, it's people like you. Oh and by the way we think you look stupid too :)
*Fiend13  07-Dec-2008 03:55


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