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paperumbrellas: If one identifies as female, how ought one to part one's hair?

Asked 2 years ago

Part it on the left

photon
The question is, is your sister a mirror image of you or are you a mirror image of her?
cshiley
Part it on the side that is most flattering, remembering that hair gets trained.
mitsa17
looking in a mirror?

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Part it on the right

aletta
um, I'm female and part my hair on the right. but, um... I don't think it matters.
HoodOrnament
Parting in the middle seems fairly common, actually.
roga
right.

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buddywiser36
I wasn't aware it made a difference
jtu
I've never noticed hair parting side to be gender-specific. Part whichever way looks less stupid.
raloxifiend
i am female and i part my hair in the center. i dont think that parting one's hair on one side as opposed to the other generally gives the appearance of one sex or the other, but thats just me.
lakmiseiru
I part my hair in the middle, and I'm a girl. I don't think it matters.
kettlefish
any way you like
seph
However your hair hangs. It's not gender related.
jmorzins
Where I come from it's a matter of personal preference, for males as well as females.
erin
If I like oranges, am I a.) a cat person or b.) a dog person. Do whatever looks best on your head.
jesse
It just doesn't matter
Ian
It depends on how your hair naturally falls.
shikoku88henro
You can't define gender based on something as simple as hair part
kyrandil
Isn't that a function of what haircut you have, not gender?
quentin
As a guy, I always part it on the left; does it really matter?
kevinr
Wait, it's gender-dependent? o_O
milo
part it in the middle
perturbed
I've always wondered that! I part it in the middle though...
Alex
..whichever side your hair prefers to be parted on? There's no social custom regarding this (that I know of), and if there is, I don't believe in it.
LGRB
Funny you should ask! Part it whichever way the cow lick is smallest!! And if it is the same both ways, then part it to the side that covers face blemishes...none of those? then part it to the side that you use to...write with?
ntn
Try both, and do what looks better.
blondestwolf
It doesn't matter.
madcaptenor
I didn't realize hair-parting was gender specific, and I usually obsess over these subtle gender cues.
Richie
Doesn't that depend on the color of your handkerchief?
tibbetts
Shave your head
paigep
as far as I know, it doesn't make any difference
jrockway
no clue
sauergeek
Part it left-to-right. Part it diagonally. Part it not at all. Part it however you please.
Plaisted
I don't know.
transistorman
i identify as female, and i have medium-long hair. i don't bother parting, or if i do (for braids/pigtails/etc), i go with the middle. though i don't get what hair parting has to do with gender ID.
geoff
Part it however one feels like
gradster1
Part it in the middle, just to be different. :D

If you make a stupid choice because a website tells you to, it's your own damn fault.