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So true...
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Yep i agree! In movies it's a way to make a woman look strong, because obviously a man's haircut gives us some of the magical powers of a man.
That's a little sexist. I also completely disagree. Short hair, especially in a military setting, is not about a borrowed appearance of strength, but utility and competence. Early episodes of Stargate SG-1 had some infamously awful commentary about emancipation, but Carter's (Amanda Tapping) short haircut never compromised her femininity: she wore it like that because she was a frontline soldier and accomplished USAF pilot, and that's what the circumstances demanded. It would have been weird and against her character to participate in missions with long hair.
Just for fun, this is the """improved""" scene where Carter is introduced, without the part where she talks about her reproductive organs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gR-ouftevE
I think that's what OP is getting at, that this attitude of "male" haircuts has been used in such a way. They're not defending it, they're pointing it out, alongside military doctrine.
Unless I can't read...?
Yep that's what I meant
Apologies I should have put an eyeroll or something to indicate tone. What I was getting at is that it's seen as a man's haircut so that's why it's given to the character.
I still firmly disagree with that point. Maybe it's just a cultural thing that I'm not getting. I've never seen short hair as exclusive to men (other than as a result of male pattern balding because that's just a weird thing the human body does), nor think that it makes women look masculine. I know and have known plenty of women with short hair and men with long hair, and never thought it anything other than a stylistic choice (barring other practical considerations).
OK thanks for giving me your perspective