It’s like anything else. It’s appropriate sometimes, but it can be overdone. I just hate the way men have been so feminized lately in general, (man buns, effeminate voices, etc.)
You know what they say about assumptions! A co-worker of mine who had just transferred to my group had extremely long hair and would frequently wear it in a bun. I admit it’s not to my taste but I tend to try and live and let live. He was an excellent technician!
One day I came into work and there was my co-worker with a military crew cut. I think they call it a high and tight or tight and high. Anyway, I asked him what was up. He told me a friend of his in his platoon in the 82nd Airborne had died young from testicular cancer and that he and all his buddies from their company who left the military after tours in Iraq had decided to grow their hair long and contribute it to a charity that makes wigs for people who have lost their hair to chemotherapy in order to make cancer patients life and fight for life just a little better.
There is another charity that accepts long hair for children with alopecia areata( i.e. no hair ) to help them with issues of esteem.
My son, decided in college to contribute to this charity because his best friend in High School had alopecia areata. He grew his hair down to below the middle of his back and frequently wore it in a bun. My son just had his hair cut over Spring break for his graduation pictures and graduation in a few weeks. He’s hair will make three wigs for little kids undergoing chemo or with alopetia areata.
Everyone else I assume is just to cheep to pay for a haircut ;) (wink, wink)