"Hairdo-what I feel".
Brilliant observation, I4E. It's everywhere these days. Young shitters have taken to the streets of Sydney (and Turin), shaving the sides of the head and inexplicably perming the top. They think it's fashionable but little do they know it looks like fucking pubes atop their dipshit heads.
In the realm of "visual history" and symbology, shapes matter. There's a "manly" appeal in solid, blocky shapes, whereas women are associated with curves. That's why shaving the sides of the head and having a short crew cut on top is a classic fail-safe for most men. Why? Because it flattens the sides of your head while adding a rigidity to the top. It gives the silhouette of your head a more stocky, and therefore, strong and masculine, look. The same applies for beards, which have been in fashion for the last decade or so. A lot of men have a weak chin game or lack a hero's defined jawline. A beard fills out that space and makes the face appear fuller, stronger, more solid. It's all about the silhouette.
Now take this pube-head hairstyle that's all the rage these days. You have the short sides, but you overgrow the top like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Therefore your whole head becomes unbalanced and you lose the contained "squareness" of a traditional crew cut and the benefits that it provides (see above). You just end up with a bunch of clowny-looking dickheads - And I mean literally, John Wayne Gacy, Pennywise, Ronald McDipshit, clown-looking fools.
I saw a handful of these clowns just last night while taking the new Sydney Light Rail (utter infrastructure disaster btw). Thought I was watching a Simply Red tribute band.
