Powerful women and short hair.

Dr. Maleeha Lodhi gave a lecture today. Impressive. Don't get me wrong. I normally have no sympathies for conformists, especially rational people with an education and career that is supposed to make them even more rational singing praises of military rulers. But that was not the topic of the debate. It was about "Peace in South Asia" and it was good to see someone represent your country, your history, your feelings - not to forget to mention the categorical rebuttals to 'neighborly questions' - so well. Plus better have her represent the country in a foreign land than another ex-general. So what if the critics have lost one from their rank. By the looks of it, they must be getting dozens joining them every day.

Interesting to note that most women in positions of power have short hair. Especially 'boy-cut' but generally some type of short hair. Let's see now. Maleeha Lodhi, Condeleeza Rice, Hillary Clinton, Cristina Rocca, Lady Diana(!), Musharraf Hai, Oprah(!), Madeline Albright. I don't want to make any early conclusions now and feel free to mention any counter-examples in the comments.