I honestly don’t understand large and even many “old” women having short hair - for beauty, that is (everyone likes the relative ease of short hair). I think large women definitely benefit from long hair. The short cropped seems to emphasize the heaviness of the large face. JMO, generally. (Hope I’m not stepping on anyone’s toes here!) Anyway....
My Mom used to keep my hair cut very short when I was a child....she was busy with 4 kids, so it made sense to her, plus long hair from her POV meant the parents didn’t care enough to take the kid to get their hair cut.
So I always associated short hair with loss of rights and desires.
ANYHOW, the worst haircut I ever had was what I call the “Punishment Cut” for short, old fat women....ya know,
real short on the sides and poofy on top. It’s a standard around these parts. And yes, there are women who do look good in it....
But to me, it screams someone who thinks they’ve lost their right to wear their hair long or in any other feminine, pretty style.
And I agree, it makes a fat face only look rounder and fatter. I called myself Pumpkin Head when I had that cut and saw pictures from that time.
I agree with you, older women are lovely with long hair, especially if they sweep the hair up into a chignon or French twist on formal occasions or when they want it out of the way. But we can’t all have beautiful long thick hair when we are in our seventies.