I'm a natural 4B hair. I prefer to have all my strands at the same length meaning if the front is 12 inches, I want the back to be 12 inches, and the sides and the crown...all strands 12 inches. Why? Because I can wear my hair anyhow I want. I can wear a pony puff at the top of my head, at the back, to the side. Straigtening it and getting a blunt cut means some styles like piling it at the top of my head when shrunken would never happen.
Now if I had type 3 hair that flops, I'd get a Miss Jessie's cut (like
so1913 has). But for my hair, all strands the same length is the only way I'd want my hair. When straightened, it probably appears layered, which is fine by me too.