Yes, I believe it was!
Chantilly Lace and a Pretty Face...
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Oh boy, she was robbed then!!
I get that, we all have our things. I don't care for blond hair on men, for example. But if you read the experiences of women who have chosen not to shave, the reactions that they get from people as a whole are similar to what you would expect if you went without showering for a couple of weeks in the summer and smell rank. Or if, say, you sport some really huge gauges in your earlobes and have filed your teeth into fangs. Or are morbidly obese. It's interesting to think about why we react the way we do to something that really is very neutral and, as I said, natural. We really do place almost a moral weight on something that has nothing to do with morality or even cleanliness and is actually just the natural state for adults. And why is it unattractive for women to have body hair, yet attractive for men to? Why do we not collectively shudder when we see men with hair in their pits? In fact, what would our reaction be to seeing men with shaved underarms?
I think there is value in asking ourselves these questions about our cultural assumptions, what they mean, where they came from. You know?
Anyone remember the nude Madonna pics that surfaced years ago- she was a bit 'wooly' in those......
yes, i remember. Have any of you seen the Lice Capades episode of south park? So damn funny.
Save my beh, beh.
I think that might be a merkin.
You're correct, but it is probably the origin of the, er, trend.
If Lady GaGa does it, it *must* be cool.
So now women who don't know what a merkin is are bleaching their pit hair and then dying it, quite possibly to an expensive tune.
LOL. I'm so glad I live in a world where a blue armpit merkin can be purchased. Vive le difference!!
I wonder if there's anyone on my Christmas list who would appreciate one of those ...
This thread reminds me of the Chris Rock joke "Your momma has so much armpit hair, it looks like she's got Buckwheat in a head lock!"
...I don't find it disgusting, I just don't care for it...just as some men don't find a hairy pubis appealing and I do...not trying to be overly graphic, just as a point of illustration...
I think you're all just needlessly splitting....hairs.....
Right, everyone has a preference and a right to it. I personally cannot STAND hair in my armpits. It feels sweaty and gross, and I'm pretty sure I would shave if I were a guy. But it's just weird how societally frowned upon it is for a woman to not be clean-shaven ... I mean, really, it's just hair, ya know? After puberty, most females have a fair amount of visible body hair.
I don't shave mine but I do 'manscape' them.
Into shapes? Is there glitter? Please say there's glitter.
LOL! Absolutely no glitter! I despise glitter- it gets everywhere. I keep mine trimmed short, that's all. Well, that and the glow-in-the-dark beads and feathers and leather strips and....well, you get the picture.....
Manscaping is all well and good, until it progresses to chest waxing *shudder* A naturally bare chest, fine (well, not my cuppa, but at least it's natural). WANTING to look like a pre-pubescent boy, not so fine. To me. LOL.
Hairy legs itch (as it grows in). Pits, too. Maybe if I could get past that part... Body hair as political/social commentary makes me laugh, though. 