See also Long-Haired Pretty Boy, Improbable Hairstyle, Compressed Hair for one way to conceal the hair of such length, and Hairy Hammerspace for when items are concealed in it. Note that usually hair falls out after growing for about seven years meters-long hair requires more than not cutting it, but also having the correct genes for long (that is, fast-growing) hair. It's basically the same thing as the bright feathers of tropical birds. Both women and men with long hair would be regarded as the most prestigious and economically beneficial partners and since children of healthy and affluent parents would have the best chances to survive, evolution would naturally select for longer hair. Healthy long hair is an indicator of general good health and a lifestyle that allows to take good care of it. There is even a theory that humans lost almost all their body hair while having the hair on the head grow much longer than in any other animal, exactly because of its function as a status symbol. Note that such people tend to also have servants who wash and comb their hair for them. As a result, long hair is considered a mark of high breeding, so many Ojous have long dark hair. European nobles would do it up in elaborate headdresses and Japanese noble women in the Heian era would grow out their hair, sometimes for their entire lives, so it could literally become meters long, requiring special trains to be built into the clothing. Historically, long hair has been a status symbol in many parts of the world. If their hair is used to cover up nudity and shut up the censors, it's Godiva Hair. Instead, people ( mostly women) will have hair down past their hips to dramatically blow around them and/or otherwise accentuate their femininity.
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