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?
Take care,
Do you think its 'dirty' or what is the cultural hygiene myth on this one?
*(I have a good idea having once worked for an advertising and marketing guy)
She sits down on the floor, starts doing some stretches ... and she stretches her arms up, and ... WOW.
She had some of the hairiest arm pits you'd ever see. It was nasty.
I can't believe how many people are saying it's gross.
Well for me mostly. I guess I really don't care about other people doing it though. I feel gross without being shaven.
I personally only shave under mine because it cuts down on the smell (less hair=less smell). I did no-shave November once and survived, but I'd never make it through the heat of the summer.
Take care, :)
I usually don't shave my armpits either, I shower almost everyday with or without pit hair, and I can honestly say that my BO smells better not shaved (I use deodorant both with and without hair, though), have no skin irritation, and generally feel better about my pits. I sometimes even dye them (usually blue).
Why do so many people seem to think that men can be hairy and women can't? It's ridiculous. And who cares if it's attractive to you or not, women aren't just objects there to please you and conform to how you want them to look, just as how no other gender (male, trans* etc.) is, either.