The curious case of short hair and leading female politicians across the worldTheresa May, soon to become the new prime minister of UK joins the power club of ladies with short hair. Photo: AFPUK home secretary Theresa May, set to take over as the new prime minister of the country, joins a ‘power club’ of women with short hair. Or that May may have always worn her hair short and we are only fretting about its length now. It explains why the flapper girls of the 1920s––the poster-children of defiance—wore their hair short in the form of edgy bobs. Short hair, on the other hand, is linked to masculine attributes like toughness and boldness.

Source: Mint July 12, 2016 13:07 UTC