I'm a male. My hair dark brown; sort of an auburn color under the sun though. Usually, it's short and spiky but sometimes I let it grow out when it's cold. I don't know why (I really don't do it on purpose), but it ALWAYS goes straight up, with absolutely no hair-gel or anything like that at all. It's just really spiky hair. I don't know why. But that is just what it does. Hell, even when it's long (once had it past my shoulders at one point) the hair on the top of my head STILL shot straight up. My hair defies gravity on a daily basis and I have no idea why.
The only time it goes down? Right after I get out of the shower. And even then, once it dries, it goes straight back up. It's been commented upon, by everyone in my household, that if I bleached my hair, it would be the equivalent of a Super Saiyan transformation. I loathe my hair. I really do. Hell, I'm even contemplating just shaving my head completely.