{"id":113266,"date":"2021-05-07T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T20:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=113266"},"modified":"2021-05-07T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T20:12:13","slug":"army-authorizes-ponytails-accused-of-being-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=113266","title":{"rendered":"Army Authorizes Ponytails; Accused of Being &#8216;Woke&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail-422x333.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\">Relax guys, this is for the ladies.\u00a0 \u00a0Men still have to conform, but allowing a man bun may not be too far off.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"headline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/army-female-soldiers-ponytails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Army authorizes female soldiers to wear ponytails; critics say branch trying to be &#8216;woke&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The\u00a0Army\u00a0has authorized female\u00a0soldiers\u00a0to wear ponytails while in\u00a0uniform,\u00a0marking a significant departure from a long-held policy that&#8217;s drawing\u00a0both support and criticism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The branch approved the move back in February,\u00a0initially only allowing ponytails to be worn\u00a0while conducting field or fitness training.<\/p>\n<p>The change was made due to concerns over certain health conditions, including alopecia &#8212; a type of hair loss &#8212; and to stop hair damage caused by a tight bun.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I was wondering when tight buns would be a problem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail2.jpg 781w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail2-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail2-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ponytail2-434x333.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A military doctor once told me that women that pull their hair back from their scalp and back into a bun in the back actually cause their hairline to recede backward if they do it over years.\u00a0 Makes me think that a neat, short cut with a few bangs may be a better style.<\/p>\n<p>Guys like bangs, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relax guys, this is for the ladies.\u00a0 \u00a0Men still have to conform, but allowing a man &hellip; 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