Should Women Shave Their Legs And Under-Arms?

 

Waxing, shaving, plucking and threading – most women go through the torture. But there's only one way to find out whether you genuinely want to – give up the razors for a week or two

 

Of course, the tricky part is parsing the why. When you grow up in a society that places such a value on female hairlessness, it can be tricky figuring out whether you're shaving your legs because you genuinely want to or because the message is ingrained in your brain. But the only way to figure that out is to give up the razors and the wax for a few weeks and see how it genuinely feels and trust yourself to be able to distinguish between "doing something because you want to" and "doing something because you're suffused with body disgust". If you feel that, actually, your hairy armpits and legs are beautiful because humans are meant to have hair and that's the way it is, then that's just grand and, frankly, lucky you. Think of the time and money and pain you'll save.

 

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I don't think it's a good look Woman Embarassed

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Should Women Shave Their Legs And Under-Arms?

No, I mean who looks anyway. It's about how a person feels.

There has always been WAY too much emphasis on looks and still is.

 

I sometimes feel like saying to someone with a lot of makeup, who are you doing it for?

No one really cares about that. Well at least the ones that matter IMO.

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Only if they want to, it's their body

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Oh I agree.

 

But do those who shave actually want to,  or feel they have to because of social and cultural expectations?

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I never had a problem after menapause, I didnt grow any hair on my legs or under my arms........

 

Personally, I dont like seeing women with unshaven arm pits, dont know why, just dont.

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Trouble was purps, with menopause all that happened was the leg hair seemed to migrate to my chin!
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PMSL lurker - so true      Hahahahaha

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@lurker172602 wrote:
Trouble was purps, with menopause all that happened was the leg hair seemed to migrate to my chin!

I dont have that problem either, no facial hair like some oldies get, which is good!

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Not shaving would be a hair raising experience for me.  Have always kept my inner Yeti at bay. Smiley Very Happy

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I am all for womens hairyness.

 

I don't shave through the winter at all and in summer I do my legs regularly and my arms irregularly. It doesn't bother me.

 

And I am seeing more and more women doing the same. Last summer there were quite a few women unshaved at the beach. It's good to see.

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