One shaved head, a million meanings

The closest I’ve ever been to a buzz cut was in middle school when I had short hair with shaved sides. My previous hairstyle was shoulder length, which made the cut so much more dramatic. I never felt very attached to my hair, but cutting it off made me realize others were, to my hair and particularly to their own. I had girls asking me why on earth I would do that to my beautiful long hair. Beautiful and long being interchangeable in this scenario. One guy even asked me if this meant I was trans, mind that we were like thirteen. To say the least I was confused, all that attention and questions just because of a haircut.