Has the hair regulation for females changed for PS? I have long hair and don't really want to cut it but if I still have to I will get it cut before I go.
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It grows.
Here's the leadership theory behind it.
Men in our culture generally wear shorter hair styles. Plebe men get buzzed to the scalp, as a way of bringing them all to one state. The buzz can be seen as a not uncommon male hairstyle. Women in our culture, especially young ones, tend to have longer hair. The EQUAL treatment might be to buzz them to the scalp as well, but that takes them further from the cultural norm than the men, as the full buzz is not a common female hairstyle. The EQUIVALENT treatment is to take the women's hair to a short bob-chop. This brings them all to one state, gives them a hairstyle not uncommon to women (though not on the glam spectrum), and they travel essentially the same distance on the cultural norm scale. The entire plebe class shares the hair cut experience. Cuts down on the "girls got treated special, typical vanity thing, stressing over a silly thing like hair" factor. It also is a point of bonding among the women, because everyone is trying to deal with it, and down the road, techniques for growing it out and putting it up per regs can be shared.
I know other SAs have different approaches.
During Plebe Summer, personal grooming for women is often reduced to clean face, clean teeth, lip balm, deodorant, good to go.
IF they ever skip the hair cuts for women, they should do so for men. Provide the grooming standards and tell everyone to report in within standards. JMPO.
