...women's hair removal is neither a modern, nor a purely Western invention. In ancient Egypt it was common practice as the presence of any body hair at all meant you could only belong to the slave...
...women's hair removal is neither a modern, nor a purely Western invention. In ancient Egypt it was common practice as the presence of any body hair at all meant you could only belong to the slave class.
Historical accounts of women's hair removal have been linked to Greece, the Trobriand Islands, Uganda, South America and Turkey.
In the 1970s bra burning feminists put their razors aside as a form of political statement, but today women who object on principle still feel pressured into removing body hair.
People's natural bodies are seen as needing disciplining into an ideal, says Merran Toerien, who has researched gender and body hair.
"Hair is seen as masculine," she says. "Historically, medically and in the media, it is nearly always associated with men. Shaving female body hair is seen as a way to differentiate between the sexes.
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I'm sorry, but we all know that girl is trying to look like a man, with her short buzzed hair & facial hair. She doesn't even like like a she, I know guys who look just like her.
Have a laser hair removal. In my doctors office they do it for $250 for the whole face. you might have to go back 3-4 times, but it works if you are a brunette. It wont work as well if you are gray or blond.
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