Why don't girls leave their Hair Natural?

I was just wondering why fellow girls never leave their hair natural anymore. Everyone dyes it. Straight hair girls want curly and curly hair girls straighten their hair. A lot of girls back in the day such as Maureen McCormick never bothered to.

I'm not trying to bash anyone and I'm not a feminist or anything. I was just wondering what everyone's take on this was. =)

I have never dyed my hair (don't ever want to) And most mornings i just put my hair up in a pony.

I'm all natural!  I do blow dry my hair sometimes though.  I've only dyed my hair once and it was only 5 "chunks."

As to why?  I dunno, maybe people want a change.  Maybe some people look better a different color.  Sara Jessica Parker is cute as a blonde but not so much as a brunette (natural color).

i usually straighten or curl my hair because its...very...BIG. think poodle after a run in with a bad blow dryer on a very humid day.

yeah. that bad.

For some, it might be a matter of just doing something a little different that really changes one's look.  For me, I straighten because my hair is coarse and has a very strong wave pattern through much (but not all) of my hair.  I am growing my hair out for Locks of Love for the second time and I work in a bank, so I straighten it to keep it from looking too wild and unruly.  I've had a pixie cut and hair halfway down my back.  After I donate it I will keep it in a bob.  If "Maureen" didn't have to do anything to make her hair so straight, I'd be suprised - maybe she was just one of the few lucky ones!

i dyed my hair once and i regret it. i usually wear my hair up in a pony tail, but i do straighten it when i go out.

I guess I should add that I've never dyed my hair. I don't blow dry it (it's naturally straight) and I save the styling wand for only really special occasions such as weddings or formals.

because everyone wants to look good, and sometimes looking good takes modyfing your appearance. 

I get bored with my hair very quickly.  I change the color about 3 or 4 times a year.  I've tried a perm, and loved it when it was fresh, but when it was old it looked like crap, so I doubt I'll try that one again (plus it smelled terrible!!)  I'm more cautious about a cut because I had a terrible short haircut as a kid and that's WAY harder to fix than color gone wrong :)

I haven't seen my natural hair color since I was in 6th grade...and I'm 22 now! 

Don't really know why we do this.  I think for one in the world we live in, women are told they have to look a certain way (think movie stars) in order to be beautiful.  That's a crock if you ask me.  My hubby loves me in sweats and no make-up just as much as all dressed up.  Maybe more.  I do dye my hair though but it's as close to my natural color as possible.  I dye mine because it is so fine it goes flat without color.  People have their reasons and I guess if they feel better then that's what counts no matter what you do. 

I dye my hair because I think having the same colour for too long makes you look boring! I tend to dye my hair when I'm in a funk.. it helps me feel better. =)

I guess I'm also curious because I've spent a lot of my life in Korea (I'm half Korean) where the girls there keep make up to a minimum and leave their hair natural. Only the old women chemically alter their hair.

Why do I dye my hair, cut it short, perm it, keep it straight etc because I want to. I bored looking at the same old thing hair wise in the mirror so I change things up. My hair has been every color in the rainbow, had it long, had it short, had short bangs, long bangs, no bangs....sometimes change is good.

I'm all natural! Never dyed, never permed. All I do is blow dry it. I like my natural color, and not to mention, it's expensive to keep up!

I'm completely natural. Most of the time, I just wash it at night and brush it when I wake up.

But, most women do for a variety of reasons. I don't care what other people do with their hair, really.

Boredom. I wish I didn't get bored with my hair so often, but I have officially been every colour of the secondary spectrum, plus a few extras for good measure. Currently it is fried because I went from black to blonde, so I am close to my natural brown waiting for the frizz to grow out. I've never permed it though. I don't like perms.

What exactly does feminism have to do with hair care? Hahaha. Do you think all feminists are earthy crunchy types or something?

I think it's for the same reason that women get different hair styles.  Wearing your hair the same way gets boring.  Also, how do you know if you wouldn't like a different hair style better unless you try another one?  It's the same with dying your hair.  

FYI...I have dyed and permed my hair, which is naturally light brown and wavy.   

I have thick, thick, THICK, jungle woman CRAZY curly hair. It's insane.

I rebelled against my curls and got my hair Japanese/Chemically straightenned. But my hair  grew in, and so I just tie my hair up into a bun and load the top with gel and hair spray.

If I had Asian hair, I wouldn't dye it!

My hair is very fine *and* thin. As a child, I was close to a white-blonde. By my late 20s, my hair color had changed to a dark blonde that totally washed me out. Just... blah!!

So I started highlighting about 15 years ago, and I was amazed at the effect. It wasn't just the color change - it was the change in texture. Dying makes my hair thicker and more manageable, easier to style.

I have continued highlighting and/or dying ever since, typically I go lighter in the summer (close to what I had in my teens) and darker in the winter (only about a shade lighter than what is natural today). I do have about 25% gray now, if I stopped dying. But the reality is I would continue to dye it - even the exact same dark blonde - just for the texture change alone!!! It makes that big of a difference, for me.

EDIT for a P.s.: One of the reasons I began dying was because my kids have seriously blonde hair, and people were starting to ask me "where did they get such blonde hair??" Hello! Me! So whenever I have a new hairdresser, I take my kids with me, and ask for a shade between DD13 ("scandinavian - or Maryln Monroe - blonde") and DD15 ("jennifer anniston blonde").  And since I began dying, nobody has since asked that question. ;-)

Original Post by disease_of_ease:

What exactly does feminism have to do with hair care? Hahaha. Do you think all feminists are earthy crunchy types or something?

No but I've seen a lot of people get crap about being "crazy feminists" when they're just asking simple questions about hair or make up.