I think they shouldn't have to deal with curlers either..how is a Chinese girl, and they do dance, going to get ringlets for heavens sake. What if we couldn't do barn dancing unless we had straight natural blond hair like the Swedes in Minnesota? What if we couldn't do Greek dancing unless we had thick black hair? Not that they all do of course...

And since when does looking like Shirley Temple trump having bald spots and headaches? Those are not my main worries though, which have to do with modesty..some of these girls are in the danger zone I would say of attracting the wrong sort of attention. And as for that bit about curling your hair in rags before Mass...the Irish that preceded me couldn't afford rags and now they have to buy their girls, their baby girls, wigs? There is much discussion about this here and there and I hope sense wins out.