Long hair on boys.

You seemed to have missed the point of this conversation entirely. The boys in the 70s 80s were all allowed to wear long hair, in fact, a majority of my male friends wore long hair. These days, gender stereotypes are much stricter, boys are expected to have short hair, if they prefer long hair they are encouraged to call themselves girls instead of boys.

For people older than you, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, the sexist stereotypes were less in your face than they are now. You may not have noticed but stores which put "girl toys" in pink painted aisles and "boy toys" in blue painted aisles are being accused of fostering sexism, and those with better management are eliminating such sexist practices.

***So I've seen 4 movies/wk in theatre for a 1/4 century, call me crazy?**

I still have hippie friends from those years, males, who still have long straight hair, in a nape pony tail, with the hair half way down the back :)

***So I've seen 4 movies/wk in theatre for a 1/4 century, call me crazy?**

Ok, first, what does our culture's gender roles have to do with politics?

Second, it may not have been its primary intention, but gender roles were prevalent in the way that it was obvious from watching the film that the mother raised Jack in a way that she did not seem to make adhering to culturally ascribed gender roles a concern of hers. So whether you like it or not, the movie had that *beep* in it.

And third, why exactly does that upset you so much?

I'm going to excuse you because I'm guessing you do not have a lot of education on the matter, hence your "SJW" comment. Gender is in fact, a cultural construct. We see different gender roles throughout time and space and many societies have more than the typical two genders based on sex. Sex is in fact, biological and has to do with your specific reproductive organs.

Origins of men having short hair? I did google it, as you asked (although I knew exactly what I would find) and google only confirmed that men have had long hair throughout different societies and throughout time once again. If there was a culturally constructed reason as to why men might have shorter hair than women during a certain time and place, that does not by any means make it an absolute rule for all subsequent generations to follow.

If you have a different understanding than this, please explain it and I shall listen.

I'm going to excuse you because I'm guessing you do not have a lot of education on the matter, hence your "SJW" comment. Gender is in fact, a cultural construct. We see different gender roles throughout time and space and many societies have more than the typical two genders based on sex. Sex is in fact, biological and has to do with your specific reproductive organs.

Origins of men having short hair? I did google it, as you asked (although I knew exactly what I would find) and google only confirmed that men have had long hair throughout different societies and throughout time once again. If there was a culturally constructed reason as to why men might have shorter hair than women during a certain time and place, that does not by any means make it an absolute rule for all subsequent generations to follow.

If you have a different understanding than this, please explain it and I shall listen.

Short hair for men is entirely cultural, not biological. "Biological" means the way it grows naturally, and for men, that means long hair.

Please, people all round the world manage to maintain long hair in all sorts of conditions. I agree short hair is much easier but long hair doesn't cause "hygienic problems".
In room there was a bath which they used, they had cleaning supplies (presumably shampoo), scissors, both mother and son used ponytails. Not much maintenance if you don't cut it and just tie it up - that's how you grow your hair. They obviously washed and brushed, and weren't likely to get lice with their lack of outside contact. Hair can drip dry pretty easily. Neither of them looked like their hair was in great condition but it wasn't dirty. I don't see how this is unrealistic.

No, you would sound like someone with some taste.

Thank you for that comment! What little Judgey Judgerson doesn't seem to understand is that she is stating an opinion, not a fact, and seems to believe that her opinion is superior to all others. It's not, everyone reading this thread would see that and realize that she does, indeed, seem rather foolish. Oh, well...some asshats just can't understand another person's preferences or point of view.

I pointed out a flaw, I didn't make a fashion judgement.