Why is it when a guy wears a toupee he's considered vain?

[MajorChode]

But if a woman has fake hair, fake nails, fake boobs, fake eyelashes, makeup, fake ass, and/or fake lips they are not judged nearly so harshly?

To set the record straight I've been balding for the past 20 years and never considered a toupee, plugs, and I rarely even wear a hat. But I could really care less if another guy does to cover up his missing hair.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Fake is fake

I don't even wear make-up.

You should never lie about who you are and I don't weap make-up to look pretty to others because it isn't ME their appreciating but my skill with a paint brush.

[Taverner]

2. Because even the best toupee looks fake

Same with combovers

I never thought toupee wearers were vain, but merely deluded into thinking they look like they have a full head of hair.

As for me, bring on the vanity! Bring it, my pretty things!

[blueknight]

7. not true^^^^^^^

my brother owns a salon that caters to bald men, he orders their pieces customized to them, and cuts and styles the guys. its amazing how good and natural some of them look

[Taverner]

8. Yes but ask someone wearing one to do the following

Bend over and make a quick turn to the left. Now the right.

While still bending over, straighten up quickly

[MajorChode]

9. I work with a guy that wears one

Had someone not told me, I would have never known.

[KamaAina]

10. Well, then, he should definitely be doing Sam Donaldson's

among many others.

Here's the rug once compared by the NY Post to "an Art Deco ashtry":

[bigwillq]

3. I never hear anyone say a man is vain

because of the toupee. Stupid, yes, but vain never.

[Moondog]

4. There is a popular expression -

"vanity, thy name is woman" which is attributed to Shakespeare. Incorrectly, it turns out. The first word in the quote _should_ be "frailty."

But the misquote is what has passed into popular cultural "knowledge." Vanity = female.

My point is that, fairly or unfairly, our society has accepted that these cosmetic issues are essentially a feminine trait. And one that, in women, is quite acceptable. Further, this false logical construct drives an equally false result that bald guys who try to do something about their baldness are unacceptably vain.

FWIW, I'm a bald guy who goes back and forth between shaving his whole head (generally in the hot summer months here in Florida), and embracing the monk / samurai look of bald on top, hair on the sides of the head, during the winter months. And I don't really give a shit - love me, hate me, as far as I'm concerned it doesn't have a damned thing to do with hair on the top of my head. And, it turns out, there are more than enough women in the world who either don't care, or who actually like bald. It has never negatively impacted my social life. I doubt that it ever will. And I am absolutely certain that it never impacted my professional life.

Frankly, I believe that mature males with a full head of hair are less evolved. But that is a personal opinion.

On edit - a cat managed to walk on the keyboard and somehow the post button got hit before I could proof and correct. I ask you, how butch is that?

[frogmarch]

5. It's not fair, is it? There should be no

double standard when it comes to this.

I have always found bald men attractive, but hey, more power to men who feel more confident about their appearance when they have hair - fake or natural - on their heads than when they don't.

[elocs]

6. What people do is their own personal choice. Who am I to judge?

My hair tends to be naturally curly, so is it fake if I comb it so it is straight?

Myself, I'm getting the bald spot on the top of my head. I've always combed my hair back so it covers it well except for people taller than me. I have used this product call "Couvre" which hides it well because I am white with dark hair and it is the contrast between my scalp and hair that makes the bald spot stand out. It is also used by people with alopecia, especially women who do not want to look balding or to shave their heads.

I can remember years ago at church hearing a minister tell the congregation that every old barn needs a little paint in regard to wearing makeup. If looks could kill that guy would have been struck dead on the spot.