Definitely short hair, *with* the exception if you have actually have the dynamite tresses that I've seen on some Jewish women, lush, thick, layered, and flowing.

I associate long hair with girls, and when I see it on a woman, I think that she doesn't want to mature. Very long hair is a warning sign...

Blazing red and long, long, long. I love long hair on women, to look at, stroke, brush and occassionally ~ depending on the woman's likes, grab as a mane during wild sex (is there any other kind of sex?)

Whatever you do don't cut it short.

*btw red is my favorite color for hair ;)

When a lady friend cuts or dyes her hair I usually ask- "Looks nice. Boyfriend break-up with you or are you breaking up with him?" to which they always reply "oh no I just thought I'd dye/ cut it a little.
Extremely long hair - (like repunzel and shit) IMHO is the poster child for the independent woman. She embraces femeninity without parting with it like many women do. I was all about the short hair until I met "repunzel"- dark, independent & sexy as all hell- I think it tugs at something primal.
shaved your head?----ok I get it- your so independent you have defied the system by stripping your self of all feminine qualities
down to the shoulders...provides a sense of professionalism that may or may not exist
spikes or something creative? I can dig it
regular length (down to the back)....too normal

Short!
Long hair is very mundane. While I have certainly been in love with, and have lusted after women with long hair. I find that I'm much more initially attracted to someone with a creative short hair style. I like women who stand out in a crowd (being tall helps also), and have a sense of individuality.

I'm with Simon: I like long hair! All what he said and I like braiding it too. And I like the feel of that hair running down my skin.

But, yeah, it is superficial isn't it? So I'd never stand in the way of a short hair style. I so get the practical side of taking care of short hair. I have to admit that until I started getting thin on top I kept my hair fairly long. But the short cut I wear now is easier to take care of!

So I can adjust my feelings a bit when required -- that short hair has a fiesty image.

Bald is too short. I really like shoulder to mid-back length. I worry about the logistics of really long hair. I like to get tangled up in embraces and I hate the thought of ripping out chunks of hair by a misplaced elbow or knee or whatever.

It strictly depends on the woman. Height, complexion, bone structure, personality all play a factor in whether long or shot hair looks most attractive on a particular woman.

<< I associate long hair with girls, and when I see it on a woman, I think that she doesn't want to mature. Very long hair is a warning sign...>>

That's interesting, Aristos.... I'm not all pissed off or anything about yr answer; you just gave yr honest opinion- & I feel strongly about hair too, so I get that part. I do wanna respond to the part about long hair being seen as a sign of immaturity, & the best way, would be to tell why I wear it long.

I'm one of those Jewish women, w/ a lot of soft, wavy hair. Those plentiful, it's not super-thick, & seems to be at it's best cut w/ a touch of
soft layering to the lower middle of back, just above waist-length. I dislike having it cut, & adore the goddess who cuts it now- makes it look good, & move well, w/o having that "just-cut" look. (I bring her wine). I got a bad trim last spring, when I rushed to get it trimmed elsewhere it before leaving for a trip, & I felt like I was in alien hair for weeks. That always feels like someone rubbed my fur the wrong way, & it's stuck...Shoulda trimmed the bangs myself, dammit....I did cut it myself for years. When I want it out of my way, I braid it, or just put it back, or up. There are times I really don't care how I look., like in the garden, or studio.

If it were thicker, I'd likely grow it to my butt. It's naturally as black as hair gets on caucasians.... though now slowly becoming streaked w/ silver. My Mom's hair was black, straight & thick; she wore it very long till her early 50's, when she cut it to her shoulders.. & shorter but full, in her 60's. My Dad loved her hair. People complimented her on it all the time. I was proud that my Mom was so natural, compared to so many other laquered women of the 60's. She only got a 'do' for really special ocassions.

Besides, showing our flowing tresses can also be a sign of freedom for many women....
There's a story in my family, which all the elders swear is true.... My Great-Grandma Adele (a VERY strong, smart lady) made the journey from Poland w/ 3 small children, & little help from Great Grandpa Barney. He'd immigrated to NY several years earlier, & had taken up w/ a red-headed floozy. (Sorry, redhead friends- that's what Grandma always said). When Adele first saw the Statue of Libertty, in NY Harbor, she tore off the wig all traditional married Ashkenazi Jewish women wore, & flung it into the water. "I'm an American now- I'm never wearing that shmata again!" she shouted. And she never did. After clearing Ellis Island, she was picked up by a relative who took her to Brooklyn. She found the redheaded floozy at Barney's flat... w/ the kids looking on, Adele picked up a broom, brandished it like a weapon, started yelling in several languages, & chased that woman out of the apartment. She settled down to life w/ her husband, & they had 3 more children. She eventually became the 1st woman to head her civic association, & hundreds of people came to her funeral.

You ever talk to Rastas about the "why" of dreads? It's sorta like that.... It's my fur. It's a visceral, natural-feeling way I express the wild in me. It makes me feel more linked to all the long-tressed women before me. I'm also Wiccan, & this is another way I connect to the old spirit of the Greenman, the mermaids, Gaia....
My hair feels like a plant growing out of my head; it also feels animal.... it holds scent, it moves in the wind, it caresses my skin, & that of my lovers. I can draw it like a curtain, around my face, which appeals to my 12th house Piscean desire to feel more hidden at times. I can also attract attention w/ it when I choose, decorating it w/ sparkly stuff, making it appear even longer w/ colorful extensions- theater... Men notice & enjoy my hair; when a lover brushes or plays w/ it, it, I melt.

I've loved long hair all my life; on all genders.....the way it frames & softens features, especially on a masculine man; I find the contrast is very, very sexy. I'm a strong, hopefully somewhat mature woman, who prefers the company of other strong women, & men. I think I was over a desire for preciousness by about age 10.

So, long hair may not be yr preference... but does this help you to understand that there are many reasons why a woman might choose to wear it long, for reasons that have nothing to do w/ misguided attempts at girlishness? I always tell my true biological age- 47.

it is interesting to read about the meaning that people give other people's hair, isn't it?

personally, i think hair is a very very powerful thing -- and with waist-length dreads, i mean that on a lot of different levels (though i'm not rasta, and my hair really is "just hair" -- but in the same way that my wardrobe is "just clothes" -- special, unique, and a way that i express who i am in the world... but i could live without it if i need to)

and i would hazard a guess that many of these opinions (like "short hair is for independent women" or "long hair means someone is not mature") come from personal experiences with one, or maybe a two, people -- so it's a conclusion that really just doesn't apply everywhere.

the thing i dont' like about women's hair is when you get the feeling that their hair dominates their life -- too much upkeep, too much vanity, too much self-involvement about it. hair is never a substitute for real substance.

but really -- you should do what you want with your hair -- and when you want a change, there are few things as fun and easy as making a change with your hari. blazing red short spiky hair? sounds totally hot to me -- if it makes you feel hot when you do it... because really, just like clothing, it's more about how something makes you feel than how someone else thinks it looks... and best of all is when your hair looks like you and no one else.

I am not a man... but I will comment...

LONG IS SEXY DAMNIT!!!!!!!
you look so beautiful with it!!! keep it!!!!!

Couldn't pick either one. It's all about how it looks on her.

I'm a big fan of longer hair on women (mid back). If you want a cute look than short, but long is sexy !

I would say keep it!

I think women look really good with skinheads or very short hair gelled back.

On men...it depends-on some guys long hair is the shitz! Nothing sexier than a parter with long locks that brush against ya. Then again, on some guys short is awesome too...for grabbing whilest one rams your hips...*er*

On women, oh man I love women w/ long hair. Mid back is my fav; for burying my face in it, playing, or stroking it softly. Some women look awesome with short wild hair. I myself have wild tight curls all over the place.