Why were women wearing short hair and massive shoulder pads in the 80's?

Was it to try to fit in with men in the corporate world?Why were women wearing short hair and massive shoulder pads in the 80's?
We did it because it was the style, not to fit into a man's world. That is silly. And the style was to follow the preppy look.





I thought recently, why are the girls of now wearing long, stringy hair like in the 70's. It is so stringy and ugly.Why were women wearing short hair and massive shoulder pads in the 80's?
The trend of short hair actually started in the 20s and large shoulder pads started in the 40s, both decades being very influential and even radical time periods, after WWI and WWII, respectively. The 80s wasn't a very special or spectacular decade, despite 80s-centric people thinking that it was.
Yes, you're absolutely right--it was ';to try to fit in with men in the corporate world.'; You're very quick. I like that....I like you......I like what you do to my body.
As I recall the hair was pretty massive as well in the '80s.