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In reply to the discussion: Hairy woman does not shave [View all]Warpy
(111,222 posts)13. I started living in scrubs and jeans full time when I went into nursing
and stopped bothering to shave, use depilatories, or roast my arms and legs in the sun to bleach the fur out so it wouldn't be so noticeable.
A lot of cultures don't bother to shave. We are stuck with it because we're stuck with fashion mags that use barely pubescent girls made up to look 40 for their photo shoots and that's the ridiculous standard of beauty, grown even more ridiculous with the crotch waxing or shaving. Other cultures find dripping hot wax all over yourself so the hair can be pulled out by the roots is weird and I have to agree with them.
I wish the industry would change gears but I doubt they ever will.
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really? trust me, it's brave for a woman to buck societal standards of beauty
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2013
#5
Ehhh....no. Having your boyfriend take pictures of you in a skirt with hairy legs isn't bucking
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#10
The point is women who don't want to shave shouldn't feel they have to because society expects it.
eShirl
Jul 2013
#24
Exactly...it's a writer with a Huffpo blog. Call me a cynic, but I wouldn't call this
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#143
I responded because I didn't want msanthrope to feel like she was alone in her views.
Quantess
Jul 2013
#222
Ha. Society all but demands that women shave. This woman is telling society to fuck off.
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2013
#75
In a skirt, having her boyfriend taking the pix for her blog on HuffPo? No...this woman is a writer
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#79
So she's not brave because she wrote about it? Seriously? If this were a women's studies course...
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2013
#80
No..she's a 'writer' because she wrote about it. She's perfectly free to post what
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#145
As someone who grew up in a culture where shaving is not the norm....no. nt
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#142
Not politically incorrect at all. Superficial, maybe, but hardly rising to the dramatic level of...
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#168
I prefer Earth women in their natural form. No additions, subtractions or substitutions required.
Poll_Blind
Jul 2013
#14
The kind of eyeliner I find least annoying has an applicator that looks more like
winter is coming
Jul 2013
#291
My point is that I'm sure the woman in the picture can attract men just fine...
cyberswede
Jul 2013
#321
There are apparently guys who hide in portable toilets, waiting for women to use them.
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2013
#318
And I bet she doesn't douche every day either like all non-lazy wimmen should! I'm SERIES!!11111
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#269
She looks fine to me. It's just hair. As long as she's clean and a nice person, I wouldn't care.
BlueJazz
Jul 2013
#26
wow, if she wants you to shave all that much, she probably should have picked a hairless man ....
Scout
Jul 2013
#166
My wife got rid of her body hair when she went on a Central American trip a few years ago.
onehandle
Jul 2013
#33
not her head hair? i don't understand why having stubble growing back in would make her
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#188
the other half has said many times she would break the bank if there was a say to do some kind of
sad-cafe
Jul 2013
#43
Do what makes you comfortable. I always considered non-shaving women attractively natural, but
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#44
Good for her. Everybody deserves the right to maintain and adorn their own bodies
petronius
Jul 2013
#56
Your body has hair for a reason. Shaving it off is actually not a good idea at all.
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2013
#76
Getting rid of fur/hair was an important step in the evolution of humans
Democracyinkind
Jul 2013
#106
when our whole bodies were covered with hair, yeah, i get the temperature regulation.
Scout
Jul 2013
#297
She's habitat for an endangered species...crabs or pubic lice are almost extinct.
Jesus Malverde
Jul 2013
#98
It's a link to an article and people write articles about things all the time.
LisaLynne
Jul 2013
#114
Personally, I think this is a relatively safe exploration of personal independence
HereSince1628
Jul 2013
#117
Between Snowden and Zimmerman, I'm pretty sure half of the GD regulars have ignored the other half
Blue_Tires
Jul 2013
#134
It's really simple. Everyone has the choice to shave or not shave, and everyone has the choice
stevenleser
Jul 2013
#139
i disagree with you. when there is STRONG social pressure, there is very little free choice
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#165
Good point. I didn't mean to discount that. I meant in terms of how I think it should be.
stevenleser
Jul 2013
#176
oh no problem. sometimes i agree with people and they think i am disagreeing too!!
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#227
i find it SO WEIRD when heterosexual women say EWWW to these pics, when they have sex
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#158
aren't man boobs a sign of weight/obesity? whereas female boobs are a sign of being female?
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2013
#177
many more people who pretend individual expression is important have been conquered by social mores
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#171
Shaving/hair removal/hair is gross on women's bodies has been taken to the extreme
War Horse
Jul 2013
#185
my first response to the article was 'wait, didn't we already fight this battle in the 60s"?
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#195
Trust me my friend, its the same for homosexuals...Nuzzling my long-time partner's neck....
Rowdyboy
Jul 2013
#310
Well, not my cuppa, but no harm done. She has a right to her looks and I'm glad she's brave.
nolabear
Jul 2013
#214
hairy pits on a chick is kinda hot I guess it's the unusualness of it that does it for me
craigmatic
Jul 2013
#240
Other than having a full head of hair and growing facial hair when I don't shave,
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#250
I myself have been trying to figure out exactly WHY women have to remove hair from legs and pits.
ejpoeta
Jul 2013
#276
social pressure isn't just in words, it's what shown in the media. Media shows hairless males
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2013
#332