I wonder if Hampton instituted this rule because of current popular male hairstyles. To be honest, I'm not sure that I would hire a man (in a corporate environment) wearing cornrows or long hair.
Do we have a generation of young men emulating stereotypical popular black styles/types of people? (thug is to pimp as cornrows is to permed hair)
I may be reaching here, but it's a thought.
Women, I think generally have greater flexibility in terms of hairstyles and appropriate clothes for work (white collar, at least) environments. Something that would be absolutely ok for a woman might get a raised brow or two if a man wore it.
Is it fair? No.
I'm undecided on this issue.
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