Shaving off Body Hair.

United States
January 12, 2007 10:11am CST
Why do people find it necessary to remove body hair? Some people go to extremes and have the hair waxed off. OUCH! Is it really necessary to practice this ritual? Will the world stop revolving if we didn't shave?
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@nuffsed (1271)
12 Jan 07
Absolutely!!! lol You are not a seriously sexy person if you cannot be bothered getting all that scurvy fuzz off. Doesn't it feel just so amazing when you have just scraped all that twiggery off your legs and you moisturise and slip some fine stockings on? Don't you just know, you are absolutely edible once all that bush has been hacked away? Can't you just feel his tongue...... Oldon BRB!!!! :)
• India
12 Jan 07
people shave off their body hair as it is supposed to be the in-thing nowadays n girls r more attracted to boys with smooth rather than rough bodies.. Earlier the trend was that the men were supposed to have a rough exterier n more body hair were an indication of manlyhood, which is not the case nowadays.
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• Canada
12 Jan 07
I have NEVER shaved my legs. One day I was sitting at the cottage in my bathing suit, when my father asked me when I was going to start shaving my legs. Hey, if anyone's got hairy legs, it's HIM, and one doesn't have to look that closely to notice. LOL I just looked at him and told him he's my damn FATHER, and that he shouldn't be looking that closely at my legs. LOL He shut up and never said anything again about it.
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• United States
19 Jan 07
I remember my grandmother telling me that the hairs on my legs would grow long and thick like a twig when I started shaving. I don't have as much hair now as I did when I was a teenager. Leaving it on the legs adds insulation and keeps your legs warmer! LOL
@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
12 Jan 07
i personally hate body hair, my boyfriend yells at me when i shave my legs, he is like what are doing, I am like i hate body hair, i feel hair is only suppose to is from the neck up on a woman.
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12 Jan 07
Yeah, I have quite the same sentiments -- even the arm hair has to go, right? Hair should only be on a woman's head, in my opinion, and I don't like hairy men, either.
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• Ireland
12 Jan 07
Women don't usually like to go around showing off unwanted hair as they may think it is unattractive to men. I wouldn't like my husband to let hair grow all over his face or to let the hair on his head grow long. I think also that it might be healthier and more hygienic if we remove unwanted hair.
• United States
13 Jan 07
Two words: I'm Armenian. If that doesn't mean anything to you, here's the definition: more back hair at age 22 than most men will ever have in their lives. I just like looking and feeling clean in general. I don't always shave it though, but when I do, that's why I do. And facial hair? Forget it, having a beard all the time would drive me insane.
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• United States
19 Jan 07
My aunt's husband is a gorilla. He is so hairy. My youngest daughter wouldn't go near him in the summertime when he wore sleeveless shirts.
• United States
12 Jan 07
It has something to do with culture and fashion. Or, perhaps they just have a hang up about hair.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
13 Jan 07
Actually, I almost never shave. I quit growing hair under my arms and on my legs sometime in my late twenties. My mom always said that would happen, if I just would not shave. I shaved anyway, but it seems to have happened. I do not have any hair on my arms either. I have maybe a dozen hairs on my legs total.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
12 Jan 07
Yes it might stop. I know men do if they are body building they have to. Now women on the other hand are just obsessed with their looks. I have never had anything waxed in my life and dont ever plan on it. I shave my legs and hardly at all in the winter. Nobody can see I dont care.
12 Jan 07
I think it's totally unfair how women are expected to shave their legs, armpits and bikini line, and bleach any facial hair they might have, and tweeze their eyebrows if they get 'too bushy', when all men are expected to do is shave their faces, and even that's optional! If body hair was intrinsically disgusting then all men would be shaving too. It is just because people cannot handle adult women actually looking like adults, and would rather have us hairless like children. It is really creepy when you think about it.
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@BittyBiddy (2903)
• Ireland
14 Jan 07
Too right the world would stop revolving. It may as well. I could just see the faces and hear the whispers if I appeared at the pool with two legs covered in dense undergrowth. The waxing must go on!
@jenbatres (799)
• United States
14 Jan 07
I can't stand hair, the only hair I have is on my head. I have used hair removal products and for the most part, my body no longer grows hair. I left the hair remover product on for 10 minutes longer than I was supposed to, 5 years ago and the hair has not came back. I think it is each persons preference on hair.
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
13 Jan 07
My legs itch and feel terrible if I do not shave them at least every couple days. I hate that feeling. I have seen men who shave their chest. Why? I do not know. I sorta like chest hair on a man. But hey, whatever makes them happy. I just cant imagaine a woman who does not shave her armpits. That is just gross to have hair there for a woman.
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• India
12 Jan 07
Women look good without any extra hair on their face or upperlips or any exposed area.i like the women shud be takecare to avoid such feelings from the men!!! And moreover it depends on the women, if she doesnt want then , do not force to wax or anyother temporary look whch causes other side affects or may leads to grow hair more.
@micheller (1365)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I just don't think that I could take having to leave hair on my legs or underarms. i don't like hair. The only place that I keep alot of hair is on my head. All other places annoys me. I wouldn't die if I couldn't shave but I just don't like the fact of having hair in some places.
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
12 Jan 07
The world would not stop revolving but I sure would never wear anything exposing ever again if I were to stop shaving! I do not find excessive hair attractive on any place of the body!!! I get upset at my partner when he goes more than one day without shaving his face. And I can't imagine getting all sensual with him and him find it appealing to slide his hand up my leg to feel a bunch of hair like a man's leg! Gross!
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
19 Jan 07
In the winter I shave once a week, in the summer probably twice a week. I love the feeling of fresh-shaved legs on clean sheets... ooohhhh....
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@greengal (4286)
• United States
12 Jan 07
LOL..good question. People shave or get it waxed because hair on the arms and legs (let me not mention where else!)is long and visible. Women find it embarassing to flaunt such hair. Certain oufits require that you be clean shaven. Hence the ritual of shaving and waxing - to keep the hair away for a longer time. Fortunately the hair on my arms n legs is thin and hardly visible so even I don't shave or wax it doesn't matter. I know friends who just can't go out if they haven't waxed.
@adnan82 (672)
• Pakistan
24 Jan 07
it will make u looK goood... n beautiful.. :).. as well. cleann body of women . Attracts.man .. u dont wanna do it fine :) one day u realize...when ur part of world stops revolving lol....
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• United States
24 Jan 07
My hubby likes a little fuzz.
@shywolf (4514)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I personally am yet to ever go to the lengths of having my hair waxed. I think that it is sad how disgusting people find it if women have a tiny bit of extra hair on their bodies here in the USA. It would be nice to live in a culture where this was more acceptable. I really am not big on the idea of shaving and I don't always shave every single day if I know that it is a part of my body that isn't going to be seen by anyone right at the time *laugh* I just don't see why women should _have_ to shave unless they want to. LOL ^_^
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