"2) Also, as y'all know, every cosmetology student starts off by cutting wigs on mannequins. So basically, everyone could cut my hair (as long as they feel comfortable with it)."

Biggest misconception ever. We don't cut wigs on mannequins. The hair is rooted into the head. It is heavily processed and I mean HEAVILY processed. It is usually rooted straight out from the head with multiple hairs in one plug. This is not like hair growing out of a human's head nor it is anything like a hairpiece. It is no way gets a person ready to cut a hairpiece (Or hair growing out of your head)

My view on the male vs female thing is most men have it as a career where most woman are doing it to supplement household income.