tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post1487448441630746139..comments2023-07-05T14:03:30.657-04:00Comments on It's Just Hair: We have a long way to go. Convos with men.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-89885203648152291202012-01-23T13:13:34.223-05:002012-01-23T13:13:34.223-05:00Thanks for these comments ya'll!! It's a ...Thanks for these comments ya'll!! It's a struggle, full of nuance and diverse image issues. I feel once a man truly embraces a woman who is going or gone through the process of seeing herself differently, he becomes recruited lol. But we are definitely NOT talking about the masses any time soon :-(Nisushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087709536090227502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-77486599739749386992012-01-19T11:50:11.236-05:002012-01-19T11:50:11.236-05:00i can't even begin to give enough head nods to...i can't even begin to give enough head nods to this post. most men i've encountered in my life don't "get" natural hair or believe it's just a phase. and as much as i niavely might have begged to differ, i still have male friends that subscribe to the idea that, and i quote "darkskin women can't be pretty" and curly hair is better than nappy hair. i try SweetBonitahttp://sweetbonita.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-43724392150984806082012-01-17T21:41:38.587-05:002012-01-17T21:41:38.587-05:00Good post.Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-1679960197639481272012-01-17T17:15:02.019-05:002012-01-17T17:15:02.019-05:00What you said about constant manipulation...spot o...What you said about constant manipulation...spot on. Some women are natural but will protect every strand from any adverse force (hands, wind, rain, everything) b/c they are afraid their twist-out or whatever will come undone and it will suddenly not look "presentable". I do twist-outs myself, plus other things (it's big and "out" right now). Point is, those that insistb.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76237247264501745.post-73230012040157598882012-01-17T15:29:32.943-05:002012-01-17T15:29:32.943-05:00I completely agree. I let me sons touch, smell and...I completely agree. I let me sons touch, smell and see my hair. They point out how it is the same as their sisters' hair. And I remind them that theirs looked like that before we had it cut off. They hear my husband tell me that it looks nice and they tell me, too.Nettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005830016547676928noreply@blogger.com