While some American women are chopping off their hair to protest President-elect Donald Trump, Venezuelan women are cutting off their hair just to survive.
Due to a dire economy, Venezuelan women have begun cutting off their hair just to afford basic necessities, reports Fox News.
“Venezuela has gone from being one of the most prosperous countries in the hemisphere to one where people are crossing the border to sell their hair,” John Polga-Hecimovich, a political science professor, told Fox News.
Roughly 200 women make the trek to the bridge that connects Venezuela to Colombia to sell their hair to “brokers.” These brokers then turn around and sell the locks as hair extensions to Colombians.
Celina Gonzales, a 45 year old woman, sells her hair to buy pain medication for her arthritis, according to an interview with Reuters.
“I suffer arthritis and I need to buy medicine. This won’t be much, but at least I can buy painkillers,” Gonzales said. She sold her hair for 60,000 Colombian pesos, or $20.
Meanwhile, American women have decided to chop off their hair willingly to protest Trump’s election, according to New York Magazine.
One woman, Julianna Evans, bravely dyed her hair to protest the misogyny in Trump’s election. (RELATED: NY Mag: Women Distraught Over Trump Are Cutting Off Their Hair)
“I was like, fuck it! The election deadened my soul. I think I wanted to do something defiant to feel stronger,” she declared.
Dr. Kristian Henderson, a teaching instructor at George Washington University, took out her weave because Trump’s election felt like an attack on minorities, she said.
“The election results felt like an attack on minorities, women, and marginalized people in general. Having long hair was my attempt to fit into society, so after the election, I felt a need to exert my ‘uniqueness’ and not tie my femininity to the length of my hair,” she said.
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