An article posted to the Vice website on Saturday has been widely shared, and has sparked a debate about how the value of a woman “hairdressers bill” can be calculated in a “sexy” manner.
The article details a woman who used to work as a hairdrister for a salon, but she was “stressed out” after “getting married”, and decided to take a “hobby” to have her hair “cut” with an online hairdriner.
She’s “always been in love with hairdryers”, she writes, and “once I started working with men, it felt like I had to change everything”.
“My hair has always been worth more,” she adds.
“After my marriage, I started thinking of the money it would be for me to be financially stable, but the amount of money I could afford to have my hair cut, it was just too much.”
“I started researching the industry and found some amazing people.
I decided to give my hair a little bit of a boost.”
The woman writes: “It was not that I was unhappy with the way my hair looked, but I knew that my husband was happy with the cut.
I wanted to be able to show him the amount that it would cost him to cut my hair.””
After reading a few articles, I decided that my hairdeasure was worth $5,000, so I was ready to start my hairstyle journey.”
The article is short on details, but it does include photos of the woman and the salon, as well as a video that shows her “strolling around” in her new-found hairdos.
It has since been shared more than 2,400 times, and is now viewed more than 5,000 times.
The debate surrounding the value women’s hair is being debated in the “sexting” community, where people are posting their hair tips and tips about how they have been sexually assaulted.
“I love that I’m being taken advantage of by a stranger, but also that I have to deal with the humiliation and anger of the man who is exploiting me,” the woman writes.
“It’s scary to think that I’ll have to have to live with my husband’s shame, and even more so when I have no money to pay him for his time and effort.”
“He will have to work harder, and be more careful with how he treats me.”
She adds: “If I can show him that my beauty is worth more, he will see that my worth is greater.”
“The best way to be sexually and emotionally safe in a relationship is to treat each other with respect.”
“And by treating each other respectfully, I can be more than a ‘deal breaker’.”
It’s not the first time this woman has written about her new look, and the article has attracted a lot of attention.
A recent study by the UK-based charity the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) found that “most women would not agree with this woman’s views, despite them being presented in the most positive light”.
“It is hard for a woman to see the value in her own hair, particularly when she has lost a significant amount of hair over the past few years,” the report reads.
“She might even feel a bit guilty, but her husband is a very wealthy man who has the right to decide how much of a benefit he wants to give her.”
“But if a man does not respect her hair, it is hard to feel safe around her.”