I watched a woman shave her head for charity this morning. Great job. Even more interesting were the comments from other women onlookers.
Why are some people so attached to their hair? I mean, sure, they’re attached at the follicles. But why does it really matter? Why do we need to look the way we do (or the way we wish to)? Are people so lacking in self confidence about their place in the world that even such trivial things can be that important? Or is it that people are so concerned about how other people look that it is just overwhelming to be the one that doesn’t look right.
But then, there are people who buck the trend, surely with all of this at least subconsciously in mind. Some of them seem to be almost willing you to look at them askance. They revel in being different. Is that just another form of insecurity though?

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