I haven't done my legs and armpits in a little while and if I went out with shirts and vest on I would get funny looks, especially for armpit hair, I've had comments in the past when I've forgotten and lifted arms, it's been called dirty and I've been asked if I'm a lesbian.
Husband has never shaved his legs or armpits ever in his 40 years, and not once has he been told he's dirty or asked if he's gay. Nobody would an eyelid at him going out in shorts in vest, if anything it would be seen as attractive.
Not so long ago I'd have said I shaved my pits because I felt dirty with hair, but I've only recently realised that I feel dirty because of the messages that it is dirty if that makes sense?
When you see women and girls mocked or negative comments for having hair in the media and by society then it must sink in somehow? If body hair was genuinely dirty and gross then why are men not expected to be shaving their legs and armpits?
What is it about pubic hair that makes the fanjo minging, but the same hair on a cock isn't minging? I know some men do shave and wax etc but it's not expected if them in the same way it is of a woman, and a fuss isn't made if they choose not to. It's absolutely personal choice and preference but I think women have more subtle and often not so subtle message about their body hair and I often wonder what impact that plays in their personal choice.
I hope I've made sense, I think what I'm saying is, what is it that makes women more likely to remove body hair through personal choice than blokes, and what is it that makes society think a woman's body hair is bad, but not a mans?
I find I stink more with hair removed, I sweat a lot in summer and my clothes get damp in the pit, wheras when I haven't shaved I dint smell sweaty and my clothes are not damp. I wish I was brave enough to nit shave because I'm passing the same fucking negative messages on to my dd, I can't tell her she doesn't have to give in to pressure to shave when I do that exact thing.