The natural hair explosion seems to be taking over certain parts of the United States. African American women everywhere are getting away from the relaxers and some are even letting go of their weaves. They are owning and wearing their hair in its natural state and embracing their coiled coifs and natural roots.
Just turn on any television and you will see Black women and girls in various TV commercials as well as mainstream television shows in all of their natural glory donning, “wash n go’s” “twist outs” and “braids/twists”, etc. Many women have very understanding husband’s who respect and support their decisions to go natural. But not all women have this support. That’s why I was happy to run across a post on this very subject by Dr. Corey Guyton on his blog The Genuine Scholar. In his post, “The Reasons I Did Not Want My Wife To Be Natural“, he digs deep to examine why he was initially against his wife wearing her hair natural.
Growing up in a country where the standards are based on Eurocentric values, I fell into the trap of thinking that my definition of beauty was supposed to be the same as their definition of beauty…
This is just one of the pieces of his important self evaluation to understand why he was against it initially. He also went a step further by creating a video to encourage other men to understand why they should support their wives in their decision to go natural.
Its Your Hair & You Don’t Need To Ask Permission – Video
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I enjoy when a person can adequately go inside themselves to find the roots of the problems that they may be having an issue with. I love seeing that light bulb come on when they realize that they just may have been wrong about something. Self realization. To me this shows maturity and intelligence. Everyone knows that a happy wife equals a happy life so I am also really glad that he didn’t try to go against her on her decision. Its hard enough when we have the rest of the world against us and our beauty as Black women so I think its important for our men to support us. Thank you Dr. Guyton for doing just that!
To our readers with natural hair. Was your mate supportive of your decision to go natural? If he wasn’t would that affect your decision to go for it?