If body hair on a woman bothers you, then don't look at it. We all went through puberty, so it shouldn't be such a surprise to discover a female with hair everywhere.
Just shut up and be grateful that you don't bleed from your crotch every month.
Sincerely,
Sandra Ware
It's extremely irritating to inhale such ignorance on a daily basis and extremely bad for your health. It's one thing not to like something, it's another thing to say that it is completely wrong.
Um...Question.
Tell me, when did women having body hair make them less of a woman?
Since when was womanhood evaluated by the lack of body hair you have?
Why is it taboo not to shave/ remove body hair?
Why do people put so much emphasis on being bald everywhere?
Why do people care about what people do with their own bodies?
Why did the Christopher Columbus have to sail the ocean blue in 1492?
Why is the sky blue?
And other concerns...
Anyway, I recently had to idea to make this quick little post because of a little story that got more attention than it needed to on social media.
SO MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, one of the most notable bad-ass women in action film history is loved and admired by men and women. Some call her a tomboy but she overall just liked to be herself. Sometimes you'll see her in a fancy dress, other times you'll see her in basketball shorts.
She has made it clear on multiple occasions that she doesn't care what people think about her. That's
why she wouldn't hesitate to go without shaving for a while and be seen with body hair in public. What seemed like just another awesome day in the life of M.R suddenly turned into a giant debate over whether women should keep their bodies hairless or cover up in public.
REALLY?
No, REALLY???
This woman does amazing things on a daily basis and you want to say that her value depends on whether she has hair underneath her arms?
REALLLLYYYYY???????
Well she's not the only celeb who doesn't care if shows a little hair.
Oh, what's good Miley?
Mo'nique can still rock a stage even with hairy legs.
It's already sad enough that the beauty standard of this country does not represent a majority of women and girls, but on top of that, they have to face ridicule for looking like...a human?
A LIST OF THINGS TO STOP DOING:
1. Telling women what to do with their bodies
2. Telling women what to do with their bodies
3. Telling women what to do with their bodies
4. See #1-3
There is a real maturity in being able to see the real beauty of a woman's body beyond her appearance, not many people have it obviously.
On that note, I'm going to leave you with some stunning portraits taken by Ben Hooper who started a photography series in London called "Natural Beauty." He took photos of a group of models and actresses, highlighting their unshaven armpits. The images play on the fact that body hair has been stigmatized here in the U.S and abroad and that most women are overly conscious to been seen in public with even the tiniest bit of body hair showing.
It compares and contrasts fashionable female people with raw and unconventional female beauty. The point was not to make a statement about what women should and should not do with their body hair. He mentioned that this campaign was not to get more women to leave that hair on their bodies but to overall have more people be open minded to various perceptions of beauty in the many forms it comes in. He encourage people to question the current beauty standards and not to dismiss what isn't typically seen as attractive or beautiful.
To shave or not to shave... that is the question.
The answer is to do whatever feels right to you.
There are some specific things in this world acclaimed to one sex to another. High heels is a female thing. Beards are a male thing. Pregnancy is a mother thing. Abs are a dude's thing. Anything out of this ordinarily expected association is deemed strange. I personally don't find it appealing for a straight woman to have noticeable armpit hair. My psychological justification is that I feel as though she's taking a part of what it means to be a man from me. But if she considers herself a tomboy, then that's acceptable, because body hair has become a key assumption of identifying the alpha male lesbian. But this notion of judging someone's intuition and capabilities does not hinder me because of some sprouting line works
ReplyDeleteIt almost feels as though the first few sentences you wrote are like one huge typo. Nothing is acclaimed to one sex or another, ever. Society just makes it seem like it is. Actually, the first people who were heels were KINGS so that they could look taller and more majestic than everyone else. Beards can be for anyone who can grow facial hair, both male and females are able to do that. Pregnancy is associated with women because well...we have vaginas. Where is a baby going to come out of a guy? (Don't answer that) There really isn't an 'ordinary' anymore, it's really evolved into traditional versus contemporary ways of life. It's fine that you don't find it appealing, the whole point is not to criticize someone for what they do with their body. Again, hair isn't a male trait- all humans have the ability to grow it. Even 'tomboys' are becoming known as aggressive feminine, because being called a tomboy gives others the connotation that she is unsatisfied with being a female, when most of the time, she is not.
ReplyDeleteWAIT, ALPHA MALE LESBIAN?? (New screename lol) but no that's definitely not a thing.