Simple And yet Very well covered. Let me make a participation: When there's a "No Pony Tail" situation, an average heterosexual male or a lesbian female, most likely, starts to drool... I'm guesing, for some pre-historical genetic reason, a female with her hair down, typically has a confusing effect on those people. It is a perfectly functioning disguise for a woman, who wants hide anything; including her intelligence. It is just like a man with a lot of money; they both have a wooing effect on unsatisfied, inadequately grown humans with a comparatively under-developed brain activity and lack of getting laid in their lives. :) Just saying...