Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
Short hair you get cropped what, once a month? The entire rest of the time, you don't worry about it. Long hair gets in the way of work unless you put it up, and takes longer to clean. These are daily things. Compared to a monthly shearing, short hair is incredibly low-maintenance compared to long.
I think you are overestimating how much time people spent washing their hair before the rise of the modern 'health and beauty' industry.