Baldness, ugh, was Re: The perfectly shaped head & Pushing Thirty

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> 
wrote:

an ode to the beauty of the bald head, including:

> Then there's the shape.  The head absolutely *must* be round.  
> Eggheads need not apply.  Oblong heads also do not work.  There 
> should be no noticeable divots or indentations.  Bulges are non-
> starters.  It is OK if the head has a very slight crown above the 
> forehead, but in no case should there be a Klingon ridge.  

No Klingon ridge? But that would be the only interesting part!  Nope, 
I just don't get it.  Cindy, you just haven't convinced me.  I'm with 
Tabouli (that young whippersnapper) here.  Hair is luxurious, soft 
even when it's rough, silky even when it's coarse and sexy as hell.  
When I am in, ahem, an intimate setting, I want to be running my 
fingers through something that feels as nice as petting a cat does, 
not something that feels like I'm making egg salad or peeling a kiwi.

I don't think I've ever found a bald man attractive, with one glaring 
exception, which is, of course, Patrick Stewart (sigh).  But Our 
Favorite Starship Captain is sexy *despite* his baldness, not because 
of it.  Which reminds me of a conversation I once had with my ex, 
while watching STTNG, back in the days before it went off the air and 
our relationship declined (hmmm...I wonder if there's a connection 
there?)

Joy:  Honey, I have to tell you something.  I love you, but if 
Patrick Stewart came along and asked me to marry him, I'd do it in a 
second -- and I'm not even attracted to bald men.
Joy's No-Good Ex:  Honey, if Patrick Stewart came along and asked 
*me* to marry him, I'd do it in a second -- and I'm not even 
attracted to *men*.

Although, has anyone noticed this trend of bald women?  In the last 
few years, I have seen a number of women who have shaved their 
heads.  There was even an article about it in the newspaper, IIRC.  
It is surprisingly pretty, sometimes.  Once you get over the initial 
shock of a woman without hair, there is something quite nice about 
the contrast between the lack of hair and the soft features of her 
face.  Go figure.

--Joywitch, contradictory