 Subservient cultures may view male long hair negatively, and are sometimes detected by their rulers through hair length, as was the case with the Gaelic Irish under English rule and the Moors under Spanish rule in Medieval Spain.East Asian cultures have traditionally associated unkempt hair in a woman with irresponsible attitude, as women in East Asia were expected to tie up their hair in styles such as the ponytail, plait, or any bun, as a symbol of responsibility.The traditional connotation of "long hair" in English meant, roughly, someone artistically knowledgeable or wise, an aesthete.