Students fight Melbourne Catholic school s mullet ban
The mullet style, in which hair is closely trimmed at the top and sides of the head but left to flow at length over the neck and shoulders, has seen a cyclical rise and fall in social significance and fashion throughout Western cultural history.
But the haircut has long had associations with social subversion perhaps informing the decision of school administrators to ban it, despite student protests that it is not necessarily extreme.
The mullet has also, for decades, been a hallmark of Australian sporting heroes and pop culture icons, and synonymous with physical and romantic prowess.
And there you have it.