To go swimming without shaving?

[ArriettyMatilda]

I am not a regular shaver. It's time consuming, occasionally itchy during regrowth and I hate myself for feeling like I have to conform to society's expectations plus I'm lazy I really want to take dd swimming more regularly but I really can't be bothered with maintaining a smooth bikini line and legs.

I am well aware that I wouldn't even be asking this if I was a man, but I can't shake the feeling that someone will be disgusted by my hair. I'm so annoyed that I feel like I have to remove part of my body to become an acceptable member of society.

Would you judge me for having hairy legs and hair around my bikini line? If you don't like shaving what do you wear swimming?

Such hypocrisy! We're the ones who have been advocating personal choice from day one, the anti-body hair brigade have been using rudeness, slurs (including nasty ableist slurs), mockery, childish giggling, gross false comparisons, slut-shaming, dire warning ("children will loudly mock you") , etc to try to force their pov on everyone else. And several posts have explicitly said "you MUST shave or cover up", no "if you want to" about it.

Ad really what "issue"? Obviously if women want to remove or cover body hair they will - I have not seen a single post implying women should "let it all hang out" if they don't want to. We are all grown women; I'm sure we all know how a razor works. The OP didn't ask "how do I remove/cover body hair?" she asked "is it okay if I don't?"

Tobasco I don't think you're referring to me. But just in case you are you might want to go back and read my posts. You may be confusing them with someone else's posts.

I am certainly referring to you with the ableist slurs. As a disabled person: please knock it off.

you've totally lost me. have no idea what you're talking about.

I'm not keen on armpit fringes and pubic fringes on either sex. Im a minor league serious length swimmer. A trim with beard trimmer would be ample, and doesn't leave discomfort.

If you can plait your leg hair maybe the same treatment. Shaving with a razor not necessary unless you are planning to pull. And I know that hairiness pleases a certain subsection of society.

rudeness, slurs (including nasty ableist slurs), mockery, childish giggling, gross false comparisons, slut-shaming, dire warning ("children will loudly mock you") , etc to try to force their pov on everyone else. And several posts have explicitly said "you MUST shave or cover up", no "if you want to" about it.

please highlight MY posts where these things occur

I am a hairy monster and not a single ounce of fuck is given when I go swimming. Sorry but I'm not there to be looked at. And if people are going to judge me because I have a hairy fanny they can jog on.

I'm not keen on armpit fringes and pubic fringes on either sex

but you can't say something like this on this thread as it renders you a mysoginist

Oh and I don't care if I have a fat backside either. Children have never mocked me or run screaming from the pool. Better to be in there DOING SOMETHING than hanging back wondering what other people think of you. Just DIVE IN OP - you're a long time dead.

Don't be facetious Churchill.

You can't address the point I made but that's to be expected.

In most walks of life getting your pubes out in public is lewd and frowned upon. But if in your social circles getting your pubes out is all the rage, you go for it

Apart from my own and my husbands, I can't remember the last time I saw pubes

"oK. Look at the swimsuit Pictured in Tabasco's post of 13 something.

Presumably any hair that suit showed would be leg hair rather than pubic hair? What with it completely covering the pubic area an'all?

So that would be OK. All we have to do now is decide how far away from your vulva a hair has to be for it to change from a pubic hair (eewww) to a leg hair (absolutely fine)"

Anyone drafted any goudelines yet?

I reported your ableist post fyi.

please stop it, I just started to laugh at that! I am supposed to do some work!

yes you sound genuine

xForsythia you should be ashamed of yourself, that's a despicable thing to say.

Are you really so invested in other women's thigh hair that you have to be gratuitously nasty when someone politely says "please don't use a common ableist slur term"?

Would you be "LOLing" if I'd complained about a racist slur? Grow up.

brassbrass These pressures on women to shave every bit of body hair increased the minute women started gaining ground on the equal oppurtunities front. I dont find that to be a coincidence. There would be more time to fight for the more important things if women wernt worrying about every tiny bit of hair.

On a more serious note, of course a woman with hairy legs on show has no chance at work, at least in my line of work. You don't have to shave, but wear trousers then.

A MAN with an open shirt and chest hair on show will immediately be told to dress appropriately. Trousers for men are not optional here, so no one will ever have to see if they shave their legs or not.
A MAN with an unshaven face will also be spoken to, and won't be allowed to go on a client meeting until he has shaven properly (not talking about trimmed beard here).

Stop making it a sexist issue when there's no reason for it. You cannot play the weak female card to get away with everything, we all know it's the best way to get rid of genuine feminist issues is by drowning then under pile of nonsense issues.

TabascoToastie
I am laughing about the very mature "you are mean, I am reporting you" when someone doesn't agree with a post, and I might be laughing at you if you are seeing racist abuse when there is none.

do you want a to go with these you are sharing around?

xForth The women who worked at the Dorchester were told to shave their legs despite the fact they wore/wear thick tights.

It's a classic tactic, isn't it? To accuse people of being hysterical, or using hyperbolic terms like "getting your pubes out" or "parading about" or "hairy yeti". It makes it very difficult to discuss anything properly. Which is, of course, the intention.

Just like a playground. Little groups of gigglers.