The Outsiders

According to Ponyboy, how does a military or prison haircut serve as a method to break young men from their social class?

Ponyboy doesn't want to cut and bleach his hair with peroxide. (chapter 5)

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Greasers identify with long hair. A military haircut takes away from their individual identity and makes them conform to a different group with different values.