I went with my husband to the barber shop and had a genuine barber, albeit a woman barber, cut my hair after I convinced her it would be all right. She kept explaining that she was a "barber" and only knew how to cut men's hair and she'd be giving me a man's haircut, etc. Apparently she'd had a bad experience with a woman who wanted her to cut her hair then complained when she wouldn't "style" it. This barber shop does have a woman's stylist but she wasn't in today. Anyway, I got my hair cut like a "man" but it looks fine to me!

Can most people really tell the difference between a "man's" cut and a woman's? I wear my hair short and the only difference I can see between this cut and the ones I get at the Hair Cuttery is that the back is "rounded" and the "layering" is done a bit differently. But are people going to point at me from behind my back and whisper that I got a man's cut? :-) I think the only one who will know the difference is the next "stylist" who cuts it.