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Dozens of letters continually arrive asking
if
it
is all right for women to have thei r hair cut. Others wonder
if it is correct to use permanents since they have a problem
keeping their hair neat.
Many women have been taught ever since they were
little girls that it is entirely wrong to cut women•s hair.
This teaching is supposedly derived from the statement that
Paul made to the Corinthian women.
You will notice
in
I Corinthians 11:13-15 that
Paul says a woman ought to have
lon~
hair that 1t is an honor
to her.
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But if a woman have long rr;-it is a glory to her.
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Because long hair is mentioned, some are afraid to cut their
hair at all. But the text doesn•t read uncut hair, it reads
long hair. Hair can be cut and still be long.
Any
head of hair, even though cut, if it be long
enough to look
fem~ne
and honorable, is appropriate. There
is no definite
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Bible length," save that it must appear as a
glory to the wearer. But if a woman wants to wear her hair cut
so short as to look like a
man,
Paul says she ought to be shorn
or shaven -- the symbol of
-a
fallen woman. Too
bb~
women
have developed the custom of
havin~
their
hai~o
e
TOO
SHORT.
n-Ts up to theli1dlv1dualto dec! e accord!iig to ·the
~of
God how long her hair ought to be in order for
ner~
appear
feminine. Perhaps near shoulder length is a good average,
since some women naturally have shorter hair than others.
Concerni~
permanents, there is a problem. that each
woman needS to consder.
vn?
few
~irls
are ever taught the
art of properly caring .for eir-58 r. Goa-intended a woman ' s
Earr-ro be'beautlru!,
n~straggly:--Th1s
is a mother•a respon–
sibilityJ but how sad it is
that
eo few mothers were ever taught
how to care for their hair properly. Because moat women never
learned to appear neat
they,~ have
resorted unnecessarily to the
use of permanents.
Certain women have naturally curly hair and do not
need permanents; others have naturally straight hair
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