History Main / CurlyHairIsUgly

* For women with African-American hair texture, curls have traditionally been seen as a sign of sloppiness or wildness - especially in contrast to (northern) European standards of beauty, which is ironic as there is a considerable number of Irish, Southern Europeans, Persians, Arabs, and Jews having naturally curly hair. Prior to the Natural Hair Movement, many women were pressured into straightening their hair from a young age. Even today, women will feel the pressure to wear a straight weave for job interviews or a professional setting - due to this preconceived bias. It can often be a hard adjustment for women who have been chemically straightening their hair for years to revert to their natural curls.

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* One member of the WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad has what passes for curls in a stick-figure drawing, a single spiral surrounding most of her head. This, combined with horn-rimmed glasses and a puke-green dress resembling an elongated lampshade, is why she's known as The Ugly One. [[AsymmetricDilemma Well, that and her last name literally being "Ugly One"]], according to issue 10.

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* In Portuguese, a common term for curly hair was "bad hair". Given the innate racism, it fell out of favor, or is used for every hair that is a nightmare to comb and such, be it curly or straight.

* There's a controversial ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ15qLNiDE0 scene]] where curly hair is used as the pun of a joke. An AmbiguouslyBrown girl's straight hair turns into an afro. She reacts in horror and begins tearing up, while the other characters clearly are disgruntled by the fact her hair is now kinky. It doesn't help the implications that the scene before it involved characters cooing over Stella's straight blonde hair. Creator/FourKidsEntertainment noticed the scene [[ValuesDissonance wouldn't fly in America]] so they changed the context to it in their dub. The redone version is instead about how the girl's ''voice'' magically changed instead of her ''hair''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Kyle has very curly red hair, in an exaggerated "Jewfro", and he is somewhat ashamed by that. In one episode he is listed among the ugliest boys in school which may or may not be related to his hair, though his hat covers it up.