Author Topic: Head Shaving a Taboo ?  (Read 12217 times)

Offline dwingrider

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Re: Head Shaving a Taboo ?
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2014, 09:43:14 AM »
Is/was shaving your head a taboo in your country?

Well in India, being bald by choice is can be one.

1) Most of the people who go bald naturally usually hold on to their last tufts of hair.

2) Bald by choice people are a rare species.

3) In the hindu culture, people shave their head during the death of ones parents. So some times people can look pitifully at you.

4) People of the older generation tend to frown at you when you say that you shaved your head because you wanted to  :(.

5) Heads are shaved only in temples as an offering to god. After that you are usually forced to grow it back.

6) They might think that your mad  :/O .

7) Bald guys never appear in Bollywood (Most Indians love Bollywood except for me i guess). If they do they usually star as losers. The best that it can get is as a henchman or a villain at the most. NONE OF THE GOOD GUYS ARE BALD  :'(.

8 ) People think that you are Terminally ill due to cancer or something.

9) A very few people laugh at you (which need not really be bad  ;) )

10) If your a woman, forget it. You will NEVER be allowed to keep it bald.

Yeah but I've noticed that being nice and being yourself usually goes a long way. Dealing with people becomes way easier. I'm going to try and kill them with kindness. Thankfully the younger generation is more understanding. So Im glad that im still young.

If your society and culture does not or did not allow a person to shave his/her head. Feel free to reply to this message.

Being an Indian guy, I can relate to what you are facing and the mindset Indians have about having a shaved head. I too have faced many a stares (even guys turn around and do a double take, though it feels awesome when occasionally a gal does it.
I have also had to hear stories from my relatives about how it is going to affect my chances of finding a girl and getting married :/O
So, yes, its not easy at all and almost "taboo" thing to do. But I dont care and I love my bald head  :@`