MEN’s HAIRCUTS, FLAT TOP HAIR

I always think of Guile from Street Fighter when I see flat top hair (stop laughing, it’s not funny). I’m not sure what would possess someone to want flat top hair, as it was all the rage in the 80′s, and for me, that is a decade that just didn’t need to happen.

Today you mostly see it on guys in government service, like astronauts and the like. In fact, flat top hair is considered especially manly. I disagree, as I think going bald is really how you show your manliness (thanks for that Vin Diesel) but who am I to disagree with 40 years of evolution? The flat top was made popular in the 50′s by men with military backgrounds, and is still worn today by guys that are higher up than most. Weight lifters (oh the irony), policeman and some movie stars. In fact, Leonardo Dicaprio wore on in “This Boy’s Life.”

I know. I want to cry too. There’s no excuse for that. Really.

While flat top hair has been considered strictly a man’s hairstyle, I have seen pictures where women have their hair cut in a similar fashion. I’m going to spare you the details, but it doesn’t make them look feminine at all. I think we need to leave this hairstyle up to the military. I know we’re supposed to be on equal footing, but like taking out the trash, announcing sports and opening jars, some things really should be left just for the men.