Or at least for long haired men it is! Although tying up one’s hair seems more like a deed done by women, the stereotypes are breaking, and men are developing the familiar style.

The New York Times even contained an article concerning “man buns,” and also had fine-arts painter and yoga teacher Alexander Kellum explain exactly how a man bun is made.

Once you’ve committed to a man bun, how do you create one? Alexander Kellum, 31, a fine-arts painter and yoga teacher who lives in Williamsburg, bends forward and pulls his long chestnut hair in front of him; then he performs a twisting and wrapping motion until his hair is firmly tucked into a knot at the back of his head. Sometimes he’ll let a little hair poke out for an “abstract expressionist” flourish, he said. A rubber band, a hair band or even a piece of string holds his bun in place.

What do you guys out there think? Care to wrap your long hair into a man bun? And for you girls, do you find this man bun something you’d want your man to be wearing?