This post stems from a recent conversation with a single male, who shall remain nameless, in which I was forced (once again) to have a lengthy conversation about his hair style and the fact that he is follicly challenged.
He doesn’t listen. Ever. To anyone. About anything…but will then creep around a few years later and always then see that I was right. About everything. All the time. With this in mind, I decided to see what research there was out there on bald men and the perception of such specimens by the general population of women.
I already knew what I thought, and the data from the studies I read, prove my thoughts on the issue of bald men to be accurate…they are hot!
Studies show that men who shave their heads are perceived as taller, stronger, more dominant and masculine as well as having more leadership potential.
Alfred Mannes, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, published the findings of his hair/no hair study in an article for the Journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Basically, if your hair is sparse, it is better to shave it off than to deal with sparse sprigs that only prove to counterbalance the appearance of masculinity.
The only one who is obsessing about your hair loss, is you because the main physical attributes the rest of us care about is a handsome face, a good build, personality, strength, etc. I can’t find one study or poll that indicates that hair is of significance. Not only that, bald seems to be considered as a power trait. Think of the term…putting lipstick on a pig.
This is sort of funny, but about six months ago, an English man came to check on a rent house of mine. I took a chance on safety and met him alone at the vacant home. Oh. My. Goodness. I never see a man that really moves me. But this fit, trim, bald guy in a suit with an English accent was totally, breathlessly hot! When I asked him where his accent was from…he said “heaven.” LOL! Anyway, the point is, I checked him out online to see if he was an ax murderer or if anything he said was true, and I can across a photo of him with hair. It ruined the effect. He was way hotter without the hair! My husband and I laughed about this for weeks and we referred to the man as James Bond forever more! (and I also don’t show houses to single men alone!)
If you are a jerk in your 30’s that lives with your parents and has a beer gut…it doesn’t matter how much great,thick, wavy hair you have. You’re still a jerk in your 30’s that lives with your parents and sucks.
We actually rented a movie last night which was wonderful until the terribly unsatisfying ending…and throughout the entire film I personally found the bald villain to be more attractive than the hero
and lead actor who had a head full of hair. His name is Mark Strong, and the movie was called Welcome To The Punch and I included him here! Upon Googling him, I’d found that he’d been in a lot of other movies – but with hair, so I never noticed him before.
In 2010, GQ Magazine even came out with their list of the Top 100 Most Powerful Bald Men in America.
So, in closing, if a fabulous man has fabulous hair…then this is a good thing.
However, if a fabulous man has a shaved head due to crappy follicular behavior…shaving it can enhance, not take away from his appearance and masculinity as much as a pathetic attempt to continue fighting your thinning sprigs to cover your cue.
Can I get an Amen!?
–July 27, 2013
-SDS
