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.
Absolutely, some people look great. But I think most rounder women don’t look good with the short cut. It’s hard to describe sometimes - it can vary with the exact style.
That is standard issue about everywhere, as I can tell. Seems few venture into long hair when they’re heavy and/or “old”. Somebody must’ve told them it makes them slim down or younger (maybe “Peter Pan”?) and that’s become common wisdom.