Ladies – Want a haircut in Shanghai? Get your Husband’s permission first…

This appeared in the papers in 1931 – I honestly have no idea if it’s true or not!! Whilst obviously wishing to avoid all crass stereotyping or city-based character assumptions, I have spent rather a lot of time in Shanghai over several decades. While, admittedly, those decades were not the 1930s and things may have changed, I find it hard to believe that this law ever went anywhere in Shanghai!!!