Why are males of a race bald but their females have hair?

[Zauriel]

I have noticed something about some fictional alien races. For example, Male Skrulls do not have hair on their scalp although some have facial hair. On the other hand, female Skrulls have hair on their heads. In Captain Marvel film, both male and female Skrulls are bald.

Male Durlans, Chamelon Boy's people in DC comics, are bald, too but female Durlans have hair on their scalp.

Male Zenn-Lans, Silver Surfer's people, have bald heads although some of them have facial hair. Female Zenn-Lans such as Shalla Bal have hair on their scalp.

Both male and female Ferengi are hairless.

Male Bolians have bald heads, as do some female Bolians. But other Bolian women have hair on their heads.

Does it make sense that the men of a race have bald heads while the women of the same race have hair?

[Zelena]

Yul Brunner Syndrome: without the hair, you see more facial features: the strong chin, the cruel eyes… It adds a idea of danger… (Not in case of Norrin Rad, though…)

And males artists are almost unable to draw females creatures without making them beautiful and there are beautiful with hair…

[Zauriel]

Yul Brunner Syndrome: without the hair, you see more facial features: the strong chin, the cruel eyes… It adds a idea of danger… (Not in case of Norrin Rad, though…)

And males artists are almost unable to draw females creatures without making them beautiful and there are beautiful with hair…

That is true. Chameleon Girl, a Durlan doesn't always have a bald head. She sometimes does have hair.

https://www.cosmicteams.com/legion/p...eleonGirl.html

http://www.comicbookreligion.com/?c=...irl_Yera_Allon

Also, the female Ferengi look hardly attractive at all.

But in the Star Trek Motion Picture film, a baldheaded female Deltan looks strikingly attractive.

[Kirby101]

Would Captain Kirk screw a green alien who was bald? Your answer lies in there.

[Catlady in training]

If we talk about TV and movies, it's probably so that actresses are not required to shave their heads (except some cases like Nebula).
For books and comics, I don't think that writers often think in advance about potential adaptations, so that's probably not the reason, but it's still a good effect.

[babyblob]

Would Captain Kirk screw a green alien who was bald? Your answer lies in there.

I am pretty sure being bald would not be a deterrent to a hound dog like Kirk.

[K7P5V]

Male Zenn-Lans, Silver Surfer's people, have bald heads although some of them have facial hair. Female Zenn-Lans such as Shalla Bal have hair on their scalp.

It has been revealed that male Zenn-Lavians (during adolescence) have their heads permanently shaved as a rite of passage leading to manhood.

[CaptCleghorn]

In the case of races in visual (TV, comics, movies) media, it's a simple way to differentiate males and females. And yeah, "Would Jim Kirk screw her?" is a valid point for much of this trope as well.

[MajorHoy]

. . . Does it make sense that the men of a race have bald heads while the women of the same race have hair?

You mean like with human beings, where we might think of men as more likely going bald as they get older but not so much the women?

[Zauriel]

I am pretty sure being bald would not be a deterrent to a hound dog like Kirk.

Did you watch the Star Trek: The Motion Picture? Remember The bald Deltan woman who used to date Will Decker? She looked hot. I am surprised Kirk never tried to make a pass at her.

[achilles]

That is true. Chameleon Girl, a Durlan doesn't always have a bald head. She sometimes does have hair.

https://www.cosmicteams.com/legion/p...eleonGirl.html

http://www.comicbookreligion.com/?c=...irl_Yera_Allon

Also, the female Ferengi look hardly attractive at all.

But in the Star Trek Motion Picture film, a baldheaded female Deltan looks strikingly attractive.

Was that the unfortunate model/actress who got killed IRL a few years later after lingering from a car crash?

[achilles]

If we talk about TV and movies, it's probably so that actresses are not required to shave their heads (except some cases like Nebula).
For books and comics, I don't think that writers often think in advance about potential adaptations, so that's probably not the reason, but it's still a good effect.

I think they used a bald headpiece on Nebula. Much like they did for Dr. Evil.

[MajorHoy]

Was that the unfortunate model/actress who got killed IRL a few years later after lingering from a car crash?

Persis Khambatta was Lieutenant Ilia in the 1979 movie. According to wikipedia, she was involved in the car crash in 1980; in 1983 she underwent coronary artery bypass surgery (though whether it was connected to the car crash wasn't mentioned); and she died of a heart attack in 1998 at the age of 49.

The guy who played Captain Willard Decker in the movie, Stephen Collins, later played Rev. Eric Camden in the TV show 7th Heaven. His career went into the toilet years later after it was revealed (and he admitted) that he had "inappropriate sexual conduct with three female minors" in the past.

[Catlady in training]

I think they used a bald headpiece on Nebula. Much like they did for Dr. Evil.

Not sure about sequels, but in the first movie Karen Gillan showed her shaved head at Comic Con.

[Riv86672]

Would Captain Kirk screw a green alien who was bald? Your answer lies in there.

I am pretty sure being bald would not be a deterrent to a hound dog like Kirk.

^^^So…baldly going.

It has been revealed that male Zenn-Lavians (during adolescence) have their heads permanently shaved as a rite of passage leading to manhood.

^^^Never ever did I know that!