And, yet, they had that image of long-haired, blue-eyed, six-packed Jesus hanging behind the altar. When, I wonder, did manliness. morality, and short hair become synonymous? Many presidents had longer hair than the early Beatles. The founding fathers wore wigs, for crimany sake. Eventually, the same rednecks who used to beat up longhairs grew hair down to their tits. The problem was never long hair... it's always been a combination of toxic masculinity and cherry picked, out-of-context scripture. The hair was just a totem for sinfulness and promiscuity. Great piece, BTW!