#843 – Long
Posted on May 1, 2014 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
I’ve had long hair a few times in my life. That’s partly why I grew a beard. It made it even more shocking when the server at Denny’s would refer to me as “ma’am” before I look up from the menu.
Tags: choices, gender, hair
Same happens to me at supermarkets, people refer to me as ma’am and then I turn around and they see the beard and correct themselves.
The funny thing for me though is that I’m trans [FtM], so I’m used to people making these mistakes from before I had a beard.
Or you’d look like Jesus and you can say “Yes?” when they say “Oh my God!”
Brilliant!
I have wavy blond hair, and have gotten that from time to time, despite not looking feminine in any other way.
Just get a cool scar like Anakin Skywalker or makeup like KISS or just a fake mustache.
Having worked in hospitality most of my life, I can tell you that, although it would be embarrassing for the server, 10x worse is the woman who you address as “sir.” Guys are usually pretty laid back about it.
“Dad, why does Richard think long hair means I’m a girl?”
“Because he’s been frozen in a cryogenic tube since sometime in the 1950’s, son. Try not to stare.”
^ This comment is full of win.
Gender policing seriously needs to die. >.>
As a Kiowa, I’ve had long hair all my life. We lived in the San Francisco Bay Area during my childhood, and had all kinds of comments about wearing my hair in braids. Apparently, my mother turned her back on me while someone had started saying only girls wear braids. Suddenly she heard the guy say, “I’m sorry, little boy. Pull your pants back up.”
Only kids can get away with that.
I am now living vicariously through that man.
So am I. He’s a good man.
…seriously? People are still getting bent out of shape from the whole “long hair on a guy” thing? Was this comic written in 1960s and found in a time capsule?
Nope. I witnessed a similar exchange the day I drew this.
I’m a woman w/ short hair, and I’ve had the reverse happen to me once or twice.
reminds me of a friend who’s boyfriend was crossplaying at a con and someone cat called him… to which he turned and replied in the deepest voice he could muster.
This happened to my kid a LOT when he was younger. Finally got his first haircut last summer and I think he’s now realized that people are going to be jerks no matter what but that doesn’t mean he has to change what he likes. He’s still only in first grade though so I’m sure he’ll go back and forth on that for a while.