Back then, slavery existed and there was much more violence against others. It's very hard to know exactly what the common motives for things like these were. For example, women weren't allowed to wear anything that wasn't a dress and they weren't allowed to cut their hair short since this went against "the norm" but that didn't stop them. During the Roaring 20's women decided to change things up with "the norm" of society. It became a lot more common to see women with shorts on and pixie cuts.
