If that is her preference, so what? If you bathe, you won't smell, hair or not. Sometimes it's good to question societal conventions. Good for her for having the courage to do just that.
Americans are always so quick to judge other cultures. That is what is "gross."
Woman Goes 18 Months Without Shaving Armpits: Gross or Great?
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If there's one beauty ritual that almost all women partake in, it's shaving their armpits while they're in the shower. But graduate student Emer O'Toole from Dublin decided to examine why she felt she had to be hair-free -- and stopped shaving 18 months ago, The Daily Mail reports.
"I started examining my own relationship with my body, and my body hair," she told "This Morning." She continued, "Why did I feel I had to shave? I thought back to when I first started shaving. When I sprouted hair at 14, I didn't think, 'Will I shave or not?' I just knew I had to shave it off."
Over a year later, O'Toole says she's mostly OK with her armpit and leg hair. "Over the past 18 months, if I've felt awkward in a certain outfit that shows my hairy armpits, I've started to examine where my confidence comes from. If it's my looks, and my self-esteem is linked to that, then I've realized I need to find other sources for that confidence. Your looks aren't with you when you wake up in the morning if you have to put your makeup on first. And they don't stay with you as you age."
Over a year later, O'Toole says she's mostly OK with her armpit and leg hair. "Over the past 18 months, if I've felt awkward in a certain outfit that shows my hairy armpits, I've started to examine where my confidence comes from. If it's my looks, and my self-esteem is linked to that, then I've realized I need to find other sources for that confidence. Your looks aren't with you when you wake up in the morning if you have to put your makeup on first. And they don't stay with you as you age."
And she says guys are totally fine with her fuzzy pits, but women are pretty grossed out by it. Do you think women should feel free to go without shaving their armpits? Or is it a beauty must-do?
Where are my suicide tablets??
BTW, IMO there are a few guys around that could use a little shave or something now and then.
:D
Always wondered why guys grumble about women being hairy when they are hairy. Seems like a double standard. :D
On the other hand he would never survive a waxing. Women can back me up here. lol
lmao@waxing.
See, now we are just being mean. I don't want to be mean about this.
Hair doesn't really gross me out, but if there's too much it feels too rough. I like soft tummy fuzz. :)
Anyway did say I wish, the back hair thing did not bother me because it is my problem not the hairy guy's himself. So don't pick on me! lol
Its her armpits if she wants them fuzzy who am I to judge?
Personally i cant stand it, mine get itchy if i let them go too long.
And believe me, I have no problem getting out of bed and putting my clothes on. After last time I nearly found myself repulsed by women.
Fingernails and toenails are a different story. Keep those in check, please; they aren't really supposed to be long.