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I think there are cultural (racial?) aspects too. I'm East Asian. Hair loss at a young age and shaving your head is still not considered very acceptable or att
by decafninja 6y ago
I think there are cultural (racial?) aspects too.
I'm East Asian. Hair loss at a young age and shaving your head is still not considered very acceptable or attractive in any way in East Asian cultures, short of being a monk. There are a tiny handful of exceptions - but that's just that - exceptions.
If you're pushing 50? 60? etc. sure it happens to many so not a big deal - but even then I think more East Asian men choose wigs, hair transplants, or even au natural horseshoe rather than shave. If you're 20? 30? Or even 40? It's terrible - dare I say more so than men of other races/cultures.
As someone in his thirties that is starting to lose hair, I envy men of other races/cultures where shaving your head is considered an acceptable option.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoI never thought of this till you mentioned it, like, never. But you are right, I can't think of any high-visibility East Asian person with a bald head that isn't a monk. Xi Jianping, Mao, Psy, Jack Ma and pretty much every prominent East-Asian has hair. I guess with me coming from the black community, we've always had Michael Jordan, Isaac Hayes and Samuel L. Jackson as the standard-bearers of baldness.
- slim 6y agoMao?
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoWhoops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong#/media/File:Mao_Zedong_in_1959_(cropped).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong#/media/File:Mao_Zed...
- SenHeng 6y agoWatanabe Ken, while not fully bald, has shaved a few times before for some of his roles. He also tends to sport really short hair. https://www.google.com/search?q=watanabe+ken&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm2emv5IPvAhUB62EKHe5YCQYQ_AUoAXoECCMQAw&biw=2162&bih=2023 https://www.google.com/search?q=watanabe+ken&client=safari&r...