Ladies.....hair length.

Waist length is fine--anything longer and it becomes a bit strange and hard to take care of. Short hair suits plenty of women but keep your style conservative (for work). The best length is to have shoulder length hair if you don't want it to be too short.

I'd say around shoulder-length at most. Should be fairly conservative.

What if you keep it tied up or pulled back?

It's probably okay then if its pulled up.

A little past your shoulders. Remember, you still want to look good. Short hair works on virtually ZERO women.

Except for bulldykes. Works great on bulldykes.

agree with Mark, short hair looks terrible on women.
at least shoulder length, but pref. longer imo

There are plenty of women who look good only with short hair--long hair just doesn't suit them. What is up with men's fascination with long hair?

They like running their fingers through it.

Mine used to be really long, like to my waist and then I cut it to just below shoulder length. While it does look more professional (as per my boss), I want the men to notice. I think I'm going to grow it out to boob length.

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Waist length? Holy jesus that's way longer than 'fine.'

Waist length is creepy and hair is usually pretty dirty. id keep it shoulder, maybe 1-2 in. longer than shoulder length, nothing more.

I confused waist length with mid back. Don't ask.

In my not expert opinion, short hair doesn't work on ANYONE, male or female, especially male, I would argue. I'm a guy, I cringe at the prospect of going bald, or short hair for that matter. But I have a particular obsession with hair. If I start thinning, I'm getting implants. I refuse to grow old. I wish I could stop the freaking aging process at about....25 years old. Just stay 25 forever. If I could I totally would.

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short hair doesn't work on men? look around man, you're in the minority

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Just because your bosses lived and still live in the last century doesn't mean you have to. Besides, I said it's my opinion. I have yet to see someone with a hideous buzzcut look great.

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I prefer it shaved

Well things here can be pretty casual--girls actually wear jeans to work (and by work, I'm talking about IBD etc) and I heard of a case where one showed up to work in a denim miniskirt, white tights and white boots with little tassels on them. She wasn't in HR--she was in PWM, but standard HR attire is jeans and dirty tennis shoes. So one would get away with waist-length hair. Personally, I think the way the women dress here can be a little over the line (I mean--jeans? Come on!) but try telling them that.

My point is why go out of your way to look 20 years older? You have 20 years to look older. You're only 23 once.

Someone in another thread mentioned putting nair in their hair to create a bald patch. Why? I understand you want to look mature, but you don't want to look retirement age by the time you're 30.

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for the generic long hair/short hair debate:

My S/O (shes not exactly my girlfriend nor unimportant enough to be called an FWB - its complicated)...anyway, I digress. So, she recently had naturally black, naturally straight hair that was below her mid-back. Normally she has shoulder length to just below shoulder length hair as do most women, but for the last year or so she just let it grow. I have to say I thought the length was beautiful, not at all creepy and it most certainly wasnt unkempt. Hygiene is almost always a matter of the individual in question. The worst thing I ever heard anybody say about it was from her, when complaining that it took so long to dry.

She asked me to go w/ her to get it cut over the weekend (two 1 sec snips) and now her hair is very short (she gave the length away to a leukemia charity - so proud of her). I mean super short, almost boyish Id describe it (btw, never use that phrase/tone gents - she got p*ssed at me for saying that - even if it is their decision, theyre still a little sensitive about it). The haircut looks great, very stylish, bangs etc. Now as to whether I like it? Shes still beautiful to me, but honestly, like most guys, I prefer it a little longer. She asked and I told. I agree w/ atropolation - men do like to run their fingers through it. I think as well, unconsciously short hair has become societally masculine and thus hard to overcome when in use for most women (myself included). I also think that its so hard to execute b/c it gives such an intense focus on the face that you need beauty AND the right shape for it to look great...which could have helped popularize it, but to be frank, nature hasnt been that abundantly generous.

Now because this is recent and personal to me, I will add that all of this is just my two cents. Please dont knock it.