Posted by Gene W (other posts) on February 07, 2014 at 07:48:02 Previous Next
In Reply to: Hair History questions. posted by Kenneth on February 06, 2014 at 11:09:15:
I've thought about this a good bit over the years and done some reading myself. Christian has about the best explanation. It was probably a side effect of industrialization, standardization and more organized militarization.
One dark societal secret is a early 19th century adaptation my American schools of a German-Prussian educational philosophy which was designed to create a more submissive and mass consumption oriented society. Sadly, it was a considerable success. I suspect short hair on males went along with that to some extent.