I’m a 20 year old guy.
A few years ago, I decided to grow out my hair. I let it grow longer and longer for over two years.
The biggest issue I faced was having to deal with the opinions of our traditional “Eastern” society,
which don’t accept things like this.
Because long hair is supposed to be for girls only and blah, blah, blah.
I was subjected to derisive comments on an almost daily basis.
The one I got the most was a quote from one of Mohamed Saad’s movies: “Possibly a boy, possibly a girl”.
I got that practically every day.

At the beginning, I’d usually yell and fight with the person who said it.
Until one time, I got into a fight with a guy who made fun of my hair.
The problem wasn’t in the fight itself. The problem was that an elderly onlooker said that the whole thing was my fault.
I told him that I was free to do with my hair as I pleased. I had the right to do whatever I wanted to.
He surprised me with a very strange reply:
“You’re right; just not here”.
After that incident, I ignored any comments I received.
I started wearing headphones instead. I rarely take them off now.
I didn’t only get comments from guys, by the way.
I got horrible comments from elderly men, women my mother’s age, and children too!

The only positive thing that came out of the whole experience was that I’ve stopped catcalling girls.
I used to do it all the time before.
After what I went through, I finally realized that girls probably felt the same way I did when I got comments in the street.
I came to realize how disgusting it all was.
Ever since then, I’ve stopped catcalling girls and saying annoying things to them. Things I thought were cute and would make them feel pleased.
The only thing I do now is smile.