As a biologically male future scientist (chemistry major), how should I handle the gender issue in my social presentation when making professional networks and showing up to the lab?
I believe cultural gender appearance grooming is spiritual kookoo, and rational scientists don't have time for that. Females wear long hair and makeup because of the spiritual delight of walking around being cute and beautiful. Males wear short hair and street wear because of the spiritual delight of being a "masculine handsome decent young man." Religious people delight in the spiritual pleasure of a male being a "man" and a female being a "Women" and the spiritual delight of a handsome man and a beautiful women talking to each other. Society has fine tuned the traditional appearance of a "man" and a "woman" to try to make them most visually pleasurable to the opposite sex; if you're a male and you have short hair and street wear, people assume you're trying to get a girlfriend one day.
But the thing is, it appears that the grooming of a "man" is not just a spiritual presentation, but utilitarian, or default. Short hair doesn't get in the way when wearing goggles, you don't have to tie it back in the lab. You don't have to risk water splashes messing up your makeup. You can't wear skirts in the lab, and dresses make it hard to wear a lab coat. So a traditionally "man" grooming pattern is best suited for the lab, but if I do this, people will look at me and assume I am spiritually identifying with the masculine spirit.
I have long hair because I don't want to give off the impression that I have a man spirit, but long hair gets in the way in the lab. I don't want short hair either, because it would be giving in to the spiritual kookoo, and that makes me ashamed to professionally network. apparently the only way to network is to give others the spiritual delight of seeing a handsome, intelligent, decent young man.
What do I do?
I believe cultural gender appearance grooming is spiritual kookoo, and rational scientists don't have time for that. Females wear long hair and makeup because of the spiritual delight of walking around being cute and beautiful. Males wear short hair and street wear because of the spiritual delight of being a "masculine handsome decent young man." Religious people delight in the spiritual pleasure of a male being a "man" and a female being a "Women" and the spiritual delight of a handsome man and a beautiful women talking to each other. Society has fine tuned the traditional appearance of a "man" and a "woman" to try to make them most visually pleasurable to the opposite sex; if you're a male and you have short hair and street wear, people assume you're trying to get a girlfriend one day.
But the thing is, it appears that the grooming of a "man" is not just a spiritual presentation, but utilitarian, or default. Short hair doesn't get in the way when wearing goggles, you don't have to tie it back in the lab. You don't have to risk water splashes messing up your makeup. You can't wear skirts in the lab, and dresses make it hard to wear a lab coat. So a traditionally "man" grooming pattern is best suited for the lab, but if I do this, people will look at me and assume I am spiritually identifying with the masculine spirit.
I have long hair because I don't want to give off the impression that I have a man spirit, but long hair gets in the way in the lab. I don't want short hair either, because it would be giving in to the spiritual kookoo, and that makes me ashamed to professionally network. apparently the only way to network is to give others the spiritual delight of seeing a handsome, intelligent, decent young man.
What do I do?
