Baldness Used as Scapegoat
From The Independent comes I a story of scapegoating. In this instance the scapegoat is male pattern baldness.
Mark Oaten, the former Liberal Democrat leadership contender and Home Affairs spokesman, is also rather touchy about his appearance it seems. Breaking his four-month silence over the affair with a rent boy that cost him his front bench job and shattered his life, Mr Oaten, 40, says he believes it was the sudden onset of baldness that drove him into the arms of a male prostitute.
In a remarkably candid article, the Lib Dem MP describes how overwork and the pressure of living in the Westminster village coincided with “something of a mid-life crisis”. Losing his hair in his late thirties had “knocked me for six” he says. “I started to look noticeably older.”
There are a few ways I could go with this. The easy route would be to lambaste Mr Oaten. I’ll avoid that. I’m sure he’s getting enough stick without me piling on.
Instead I’ll turn my attention to you, dear reader. Popular culture places a great deal of pressure on the balding man with regard to his hair loss, an excessive amount of pressure. Whether this is a case of media driving culture media reflecting culture is irrelevant. (I suspect the two snakes are eating each other from the tail up.) It is what it is.
And it is up to you, as individuals, to make a change. You are my audience, and so I appeal to you. Resist the pressure applied. Reject the advertising and images. The weigh applied to appearance in general and hair loss in particular is unjustified. Let each of us do our part to restore a proper balance.
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