Basic Trope: A woman in politics or business will keep her hair short.
- Straight: Presidential candidate Alice Troper wears her hair short and neatly-styled.
- Exaggerated:
- An important Rite of Passage into the world of politics or business is for Alice to have her hair cut short.
- Alice not only keeps her hair short, but wears a suit and tie, binds her breasts, and works out daily at the gym. She also speaks with a very deep voice; and if this is an Anime or Manga or other Japanese work, uses the masculine dialect. She may even go by "Alex" instead.
- The entire political party consists of all women who wear their hair neat and short.
- Downplayed: Alice keeps her hair shoulder-length.
- Justified:
- In a World… where politics and the upper echelons of business are dominated by men, Alice wears her hair short so people will take her seriously.
- Alice is a busy woman. She doesn't have much time for brushing long hair or making a fashion statement so she keeps it short for practicality and efficiency.
- Alice is older; many women in the West cut their hair short later in life and/or after marriage.
- Inverted:
- Alice wears her hair down to her thighs
- Bob wears his hair long when he campaigns for President, in order to be taken seriously.
- Alice has a Bald of Authority.
- Gender Inverted: Bob previously had long hair, but cuts it short to appear more conventional when running for president.
- Subverted:
- Alice's hair is long.
- Alice's hair is short, but unkempt.
- Alice is only the First Lady, she has no direct power.
- Double Subverted:
- But she only takes it down at home; when she's working, her hair is pulled up in a tight bun.
- Or, before she starts her campaign, she cuts her hair short.
- Because her hair is unkempt, she loses the election.
- But she still has a lot of public appearances, so she wears it short.
- Parodied:
- Alice is bald or nearly bald.
- Samus Is a Girl
- Zig Zagged: Some women in politics and business cut their hair, some don't.
- Averted:
- Alice is not involved in politics or business.
- Alice does not cut her hair short.
- Enforced:
- "We want to show that Alice is a strong, capable woman, not a Brainless Beauty."
- She's a Man in Japan
- Lampshaded: "I don't wear my hair short to appear more masculine, I wear them short because it's easier to maintain, that's all. "
- Invoked: Alice wants to be efficient, so she starts wearing her hair short for practicality.
- Exploited: A crude or pervy male politician attacks Alice's appearance.
- Defied:
- Alice wears her hair long, no matter what people may or may not think.
- Alice neatly wears her hair short and likes it, but refuses to be a politician or a businesswoman to avoid being associated with the stereotype.
- Discussed: "Why does every important woman keep her hair cut short?"
- Conversed: "Because women in positions of power are more concerned with efficiency than looking feminine."
- Deconstructed:
- Men are intimidated by Alice's appearance and position, and have no romantic interest in her.
- There are several rumors and accusations which claim that Alice styles her hair like this because she holds an internalized misogynistic ideology, later, these accusations make her loses the election toward Betty.
- Reconstructed:
- Alice is Married to the Job anyway, or she marries a man who thinks Power is Sexy.
- Alice has a different style when the cameras aren't on her.
- Although Alice keep her hair cut short, she still wears makeup, dresses in long dress and stilettos, so the accusations become clearly false.
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