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?
We were given eyebrows and eyelashes to protect the eyes from foreign objects. Nasal hairs, ditto. Hair on the head helps protect the body's control tower. But what is the purpose for hairy armpits? All it does is collect perspiration, which deteriorates rapidly and starts smelling.
1) Keeps microbes away from the skin, where they can form a colony. Ever noticed a yellowish tinge to underarm skin? That's a microbe colony underneath the skin.
2) Protects against friction. Those irritating armpit rashes are far less common with hair.
3) Traps pheromones to attract a sexual mate. This use has been nullified by deodorants and perfumes.
Hell the only reason I truly shave my face is because its itchy not because I hate the idea of a beard lol
If the person, male or female washes regularly, I have nothing against hairy pits or legs. Stubble, on the other hand (or leg, or pit), sucks rocks.
The only argument I could see to having hair in erogenous zones would be that the purpose of this hair is to capture odors and pheremones that the opposite sex would find attractive. I feel like this would be necessary and self-balancing if we didn't wear clothes all the time. With clothing, however, body hair can gather odors (and their causal bacteria) in excess causing potential problems. Just one thought.
Why ever could that be?