"Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up"
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The intent feels observational rather than confessional: Scott is mapping an informal sociology of the gaze from inside the industry and everyday life, where appearance is never neutral. Subtext: men aren’t responding to her so much as to a template. Long hair reads as conventional softness; short hair reads as a boundary, a statement, sometimes even a test. The “different kind of man” phrase carries a quiet warning and a quiet relief at once - warning that attention always has a type, relief that self-presentation can edit the audience.
Context matters: as an actress, Scott’s hair is also a career instrument, a branding lever that telegraphs roles and “marketability.” Her comment exposes how even small aesthetic choices get translated into assumptions about approachability, sexuality, and control. The sharpness is in the casualness: she isn’t arguing a thesis. She’s reporting data from being looked at for a living.
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| Topic | Romantic |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Scott, Ashley. (2026, January 17). Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/like-when-i-had-long-hair-you-kind-of-got-male-41238/
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Scott, Ashley. "Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/like-when-i-had-long-hair-you-kind-of-got-male-41238/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/like-when-i-had-long-hair-you-kind-of-got-male-41238/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




