In many cultures, often for religious reasons, women’s hair is covered while in public, and in some, such as Haredi Judaism or European Orthodox communities.Women’s hair is shaved or cut very short, and covered with wigs. Only since the end of World War I have women begun to wear their hair short and in fairly natural styles.In both the 1960s and 1970s many men and women wore their hair very long.

Hairstyles are markers and signifiers of social class, age, marital status, racial identification, political beliefs, and attitudes about gender. In many cultures, often for religious reasons, women’s hair is covered while in public, and in some, such as Haredi Judaism or European Orthodox communities, women’s hair is shaved or cut very short, and covered with wigs. Only since the end of World War I have women begun to wear their hair short and in fairly natural styles. In both the 1960s and 1970s many men and women wore their hair very long and straight.In the 1980