Male reactions to natural hair!

I tend to compliment women with natural hair, because quite often their hair appears healthier and more pretty than women with relaxed hair (and I'll include my relaxed hair in that), and I'm all about giving credit where credit is due. :~}

I was truly surprised with how many of my male friends immediately said ewww, when i told them i was going natural.  One even told me that he didn't like natural girls because "relaxers are conditioners and natural girls never condition or take care of their hair".  I had to enlighten him to the fact that relaxers aren't conditioners. lol crazy, right?

In the different places I've lived I've noticed that natural women get different types of attention.  In Louisiana, relaxed was it, if you were natural everyone was asking why and when you were going to relax.  In North Florida it seemed like natural women were viewed as kind of exotic and sought after (and I'll specify most of the reactions I saw were on college campuses or at collegiate functions so that may have something to do with it), and it seems sometimes that  the farther north you get the more it's just taken for granted some girls are natural and some aren't. 

awww mstoya i didn't know you in the 'urea' . i think it has a lot to do with where you're at though because you're right I was looked past when i was relaxed unless it was super long and now that i'm natural i get more attention even if it's just to ask a question or a simple smile like 'welcome to the nappy side' lol. but here every 5th person you meet seems to be in twist or braids or dreads or something

Diva I'm in DC as well, but I get more compliments as a nappy head.

When I first went natural I noticed that I didn't get as much attention from men.  I have noticed that as my hair has gotten longer it has increased.  Most guys don't approach me but I do get a lot of looks of admiration. 

Edited by kingschild - Sep 16 2007 at 12:06am

When i stayed in houston  I didnt get as much attention as i do NOW staying in atlanta. Men LOVE the natural look. Im not all neo-soul, but men have told me that they just like the look because i look clean and fresh beauty, You know natural beauty. They say that they get tired of the weave ,makeup, fake nails, you know all that and its just refreshing to see someonoe naturally pretty.

And also they try and holla with ANY hairstyle, even the nappy un combed fro, lol

Edited by shortandcute007 - Aug 24 2007 at 8:01am