So I decided to check what % of top women have this hairstyle. You’d be quite surprised. For this calculation, I took the 50 Most Powerful Women list published by Fortune Magazine. I rated their hair length as very short, shoulder length, just below shoulder, 7-8 inches below the shoulder, and very long.
In fact, Indra Nooyi was ranked the most powerful woman by Fortune (see photo).
The results?
Very short (like men’s): 58%
Shoulder length: 28%
3-5 inches below shoulder: 10%
7-8 inches below shoulder: 4%
Longer: 0%
Two other features were noticeable. If you look at the same distribution for women in the top 10, the results are even more skewed.
Top 10:
60%, 30%, 10%, 0%, 0%
Top 5:
100%, 0%, 0%, 0%, 0%
And, only two of these 50 women had a feminine hairstyle, only one with prominent curls.
Makes you wonder: Do successful women have very short hair cuts because they are successful and presumably don’t have the time or patience to deal with anything longer? Or, to get to the top they had to project an image that people normally associate with leaders?
I guess with my unruly curly long hair, I might as well drop any ideas of being a CEO :)
