02-September-2010

My mohican hair style offends

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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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I totally agree with you, and I'm 64. When I was a kid, people gave me strange looks because I had a Beatle's haircut.

beefair 25-Jul-2010 13:40

Punk,

the hostility from your friends probably arose not through what they actually thought of it but from knowing that they were going to be stared at when they were out with you.

No one likes being stared at and pointed out all the time. You lose your sense of privacy and anonymity.

another anon 18-Jul-2010 12:22

When I got my Mohawk, half my friends were alienated to the point of hostility) and half were cool, interesting social experiment on people who fear the unfamiliar.

Punk 18-Jul-2010 12:02

I have a Mohawk and just before I got home some boy racer called out 'C**t!' Ironically I was listening to Binary Finery - 1999, and we prob share the same taste in music, I love trance!! But honestly, I shouldn't judge :) I find that having a Mohawk is like having a personality filter because they generally evoke a reaction - If someone is a twat there gonna act like one, if someone on the other hand is not and are open to the world around them, no problem :) So there you go, if you don't like it it makes you a c**t lol :)

Saffron 22-Jun-2010 13:49

Why are people telling this Dude to shut up and he/she is a w*nker .. He/she has the right to their opinion on this subject. and people are now stero-typing people by the way they look or dress, its not right. even though we cant stop stero-typers. but people want to dress and be in one type its up to them, its THEIR life. so stop telling people not to be individual we dont all want to be boring dull people do we? ... So get over it ^.^ ..

Metalcore-Chick 08-Jun-2010 20:57

I'm 30 and I have a mohawk for a good few months now and I love it, my wife loves it too. People never looked at me the wrong way, more interested in the style. Walking the streets of Cork is quite funny in fact. And for those who dislike mohawks, well get on with it, your children might want to grow one in years to come and you'll have to accept it... =:o)

coulou01 07-Jun-2010 12:05

why does someone have to grow up just because of their hair cut... why don't you grow up!

mohawk 04-Apr-2010 19:47

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

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