People thinking youre pentocostal because of your hair?

[Hornet]

Ive had several people ask me if im pentocostal, and i think its so weird. My hair isnt even that long and isnt long hair the beauty standard for everyone, not just pentocostal people? Has anyone had this happen to you

[Jovana]

Yes, people associate long hair to religion where I live. But long hair is a beauty standard growing in the last years too.

[ArtOfNoot]

Why specifically Pentecostal? Are there alot of Pentecostal in your area?

[Hornet]

Why specifically Pentecostal? Are there alot of Pentecostal in your area? idk, i was in arkansas to see the eclipse. It wouldnt surprise me if there are a lot of pentocostals in arkansas. Now i have to look it up

[Bri-Chan]

I think it's not a thing in my country.

[sarana]

I have been asked if I'm a member of a religious group because of my hair. (It's around HL)

I told them no, my hair is just my own religion :)

[Rainbouu]

People will ask you strange things about your hair no matter what it looks like; I had neon green hair for a while and people would always tell me I had green hair, insult my green hair, ask me why I did it, or say my SO/Parents/whoever must hate it. Sometimes I would tell them they're being rude, sometimes I'd just change the subject, but it was always annoying because I'd rather talk about something other than my appearance with strangers. Where I live there's a lot of latinas, and they often have hip to knee length hair, so nobody here thinks it's odd. My point is anything even slightly "different" will get people talking, which is just silly imo, but what can you do, sigh...my advice is to just say "No." and move on, or to bluntly tell them "You're being rude." if that seems appropriate. Most people will just move on too.

[MoonLady]

This is so strange. Must be regional. I grew up around a lot of pentecostals and long hair was not common.

[Kat]

I'm trying to remember if anyone has ever asked me if my hair is long for religious reasons. Pentecostals and the like are not common where I live (Midwest, whereas I associate Pentecostal churches more with the south). Sometimes wearing something like a long skirt, especially with long hair, will get people saying "you look Amish" (even if that's nothing like what Amish dress like).

[Wingspan]

Where I live in Europe, pentecostals don't differ from mainstream people at all in any way. I belong to a reformed baptist church and we do have more women with long hair than on average. I have never been asked about my religion because of my hair though.

[jmrdelorean]

I went to college in the area. There are a significant amount of Pentecostal and other religious folk in the Ozarks that can have very long hair. (Usually hidden under a bonnet) I generally don’t see that anywhere else in the US.

[Dark40]

I'd say in my country....Or, just for my sake my hair is long for religious reasons. Like, the Bible always says, "A woman's long hair is her crown and glory!" And, that's also what my grandmother used to tell my mother, too when she kept on cutting her hair short.

[Saige]

I get this a lot, too. Most people just ask if I'm religious but others specifically ask if I'm pentecostal. I've always thought it odd, too, as I'm not aware of any pentecostal groups in my area, or other religious groups, for that matter :confused: I just have long hair because I like it!

[Alexandrina]

Not pentecostal specifically, no, but I have been asked if not cutting it is a religious thing.

[luxurioushair]

This is so strange. Must be regional. I grew up around a lot of pentecostals and long hair was not common.

I think they mean the Apostolic pentecostals specifically

[JasminxCat]

This is so strange. Must be regional. I grew up around a lot of pentecostals and long hair was not common.

Long hair wasn’t common with pentecostals or wasn’t common due to your region? Where I am, almost all if not all pentecostals have very long hair

[MoonLady]

Long hair wasn’t common with pentecostals or wasn’t common due to your region? Where I am, almost all if not all pentecostals have very long hair

Both. Long hair wasn't common in my area or in the Pentecostal community I grew up around. You never really saw anything past bra strap / midback length. These Pentecostals seem not to prefer long hair

[MoonLady]

I think they mean the Apostolic pentecostals specifically

Yeah, I guess there must be different kinds of Pentecostals like anything else. I have no idea which specific kind of Pentecostals were around me.

[shelomit]

As far as I know, it's primarily Apostolic/non-Trinitarian Pentecostals who are associated with the "Pentecostal pouf," although a variety of other Pentecostal churches, and even some Holiness churches like the Nazarenes, place an emphasis on I Cor. 11:1-16 in one way or another. There's an interesting student anthropological study here (https://pentecostalhair.wordpress.com/).

I can't recall having ever been "pegged" for a Pentecostal on the basis of my hair, despite at times having lived in places with a high Apostolic Pentecostal population. When I'm out and about I've got a headscarf on, which, even if some of my hair is visible, puts a whole bunch of different religious/ethnic associations in people's minds ( ;

[spidermom]

The only place I've been asked if my hair is long for religious reasons is here, but not personally; it was the subject of a thread.

[Nightshade]

I've gotten this a few times and I'm always very confused because if you look at any of the rest of me... uh, nothing at all says "oh yes, that deathly pale lady with screaming orange hair and a tatty black leather goth coat screams pentocostal"

Like maybe the long skirts, but even those have way more of a Victorian / goth vibe.

[Andalusite]

I think it has a lot to do with styling, rather than purely length of the hair. At least that's what I understood from the experiences of others. Obviously it's still an odd thing to assume but especially when the hair has to styling cut to it, as it's just blunt straight cut, and if the person has a classic clothing style, this assumption occurs.

[knobbly]

I’ve never gotten this but a. I live in NYC and no one cares what you are wearing/how you look unless it prevents them from getting where they’re going and b. I have a septum piercing and visible tattoos so no matter how long my skirts are I doubt anyone would think that Jesus is the reason :lol:

[angel-baby]

Lol, definitely not. I'm covered in tattoos, dress like a metalhead groupie or a Barbie or both at once, and even when I had hair down to my butt it was dyed black. I get asked a lot of borderline offensive questions about my religious leanings, but "Pentecostal" isn't usually one of them.

[Christi May]

I dress like a grandmother in long sleeves and skirts every day (slightly religious, but mostly just because of personal preference), and that's the only reason why I've been asked if I was a religion (Mennonite, not Pentecostal, though. I had a knitted cap on and I guess that's why?)

[Messyhair]

I can't imagine strangers just coming up and saying anything about my hair. Maybe a compliment? But not anything about religion or anything negative. That seems really weird to me.

[spidermom]

A neighbor recently saw my hip length hair loose for the first time ever and commented that I look like a rock star, not a pentecostal.

[Für immer]

What's a "pentocostal"? :confused:

[foreveryours]

I thought it was Pentacoastal (Australian surf film)

https://www.surf-station.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/image009-768x1024.jpg

[sarana]

Pentecostals are Christian religious people. I suppose they are kind of strict and conservative?

[Für immer]

Pentecostals are Christian religious people. I suppose they are kind of strict and conservative?

Ah, I see. Thank you. Hadn't heard of that term before.

[baanoo]

I’ve never gotten this but a. I live in NYC and no one cares what you are wearing/how you look unless it prevents them from getting where they’re going and b. I have a septum piercing and visible tattoos so no matter how long my skirts are I doubt anyone would think that Jesus is the reason :lol:

same, except sans septum. ;)



ALSO, unrelated, knobbly I've been mostly awol all winter/spring so seeing this "brushing the top of your calves" is :thud" wowza

[mochichichi]

I haven't encountered being asked this before, but I do occasionally wonder if people around me might think I practice a particular flavor of Christianity or other more orthodox religious practices as I wear long sleeves and pants or skirts and keep my hair covered. I haven't been approached about it directly but people have asked round about questions. I also have multiple piercings including my septum so this might stave off some of those jumped to conclusions.

[g_lou]

Not pentecostal, I don’t think there are many in my country, but I have been asked if I was quaker because of my hair. I’m not sure if it’s common for quakers to wear their hair long, although I was wearing a headscarf at the time so maybe it was the combination :)

[Gibson_Girl]

I've never been asked whether I was Pentecostal, but I was once invited to an Apostolic Pentecostal church because of my hair. I remember being approached by a lady at a Goodwill, having a lovely chat, and then being asked whether I'd like to join her at church that Sunday, because she noticed my hair and clothes and just...assumed that we had similar views. I looked up her church later, and it was indeed an apostolic one.
Honestly, I can't blame her--people are usually surprised to learn that I don't look like this for religious reasons. Popular guesses in the past have been Mennonite, Quaker, and on one really confusing occasion, Amish.

[waderatke]

The number of people who have asked me if I'm pentacostal is ridiculous. Even though it's not very long, isn't long hair considered beautiful by most people, not only pentecostals? Is anyone else out there who has experienced this?

[Sarahlabyrinth]

Nobody has ever asked me such a question, but my hair is nearly always up in a bun and they can't see how long it is.

[Bri-Chan]

I dont think it's a thing where I am from.

[Fiorentina]

No, I have never been asked something like that.

[Für immer]

There is already a thread about this topic I think, I know I wrote in that a few months ago. Anyone knows where to find that one?

[Pacific]

Here it is:
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=156692&page=4&p=4020455#post4020455

[Für immer]

Here it is:
https://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=156692&page=4&p=4020455#post4020455

Thank you, that's the one I meant. I knew I hadn’t just dreamed it up/imagined it. :lol:

[barnet_fair]

I know there's already a thread about Pentecostals, but I'm bumping this one again because I love the word "pentecôte".

[Goldilocks88]

Yep. I've been asked if I was Pentecostal because I prefer to wear skirts or dresses and have long hair. My mother in law belongs to a type of church that doesn't believe in women cutting their hair. Mine is long by choice and my husband prefers it. However, there is a part of me that won't cut it above bra strap length because I think my in-laws would be disappointed.

[baanoo]

I know there's already a thread about Pentecostals, but I'm bumping this one again because I love the word "pentecôte".
Perhaps the mods will merge them and keep this title! What a delightful word.

(to answer the question of the thread, no)

[TatsuOni]

I have merged the threads. Next time, please report the thread and link to the other thread, that you want a thread to be merged with. We may not see all comments in threads.

[spirals]

A few years ago I was primarily wearing skirts/dresses due to my love of interwar fashion. But I wore my hair in a bun every day so I never got asked that.
Now I wear my hair loose all the time but with ridiculously wide leg pants (think bifurcated skirts or beach pajamas). No one asks me now either. Now, if I'd combined the loose hair with the skirts, maybe. And I am Christian, but not Pentecostal or whatever other terms are under that umbrella.

[GordonMurphella]

No, but ... it might be all the ink ;)