Random thoughts

[fuzzyred]

I was driving in my car today, wearing shorts, and a stray thought popped into my head. "Why are women expected to shave their legs?" I mean, seriously, women and men both have hair there, you see that body part when either (any) gender wears shorts, why are women expected to shave? Mind you, I usually don't, because I often wear pants and it doesn't bother me anyway but it is commonly expected. Especially with a skirt or dress, not just shorts, or bathing suits. Why is hair un-womanly? Why don't men have to shave? WHY DO PEOPLE CARE SO MUCH ABOUT HAIR?

*deep breath* Sorry about that, I'm calm now. It just seems like such an arbitrary thing, and I'm curious where it came from, and why we all continue to buy into it. Of course, if you like shaving, or want to for personal reasons (whatever they may be), that is certainly your prerogative. It just seems unfair to me, is all.

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[ex_flameandsong751]

I should also point out that long before I ever came out as trans, I refused to shave. Which is TMI, I guess, but is also a thing, and I never thought it was because "well I just have a male brain so I can reject femininity more easily", because yes I have a male brain, but I still think the expectation of women to shave is ridiculous. (I'm also not a big fan of gendered concepts of clothing and whatnot, like I think it's totally OK for guys to wear skirts, but that's a different subject entirely.)

[fuzzyred]

My brain squeaks a little bit about guys wearing skirts, but only because of "society's expectations". Logically, I know there is no reason guys (and girls) can't wear whatever they want, and people should absolutely do what makes them happy, but the brain washing by society unfortunately means I do have certain concepts etched in my brain that make me go "huh?" when I see something that doesn't fit. Of course, my first reaction to that is to want to understand what is going on and why, followed quickly by "Cool, you do you," even if I never understand (such as a quick glimpse in a grocery store or something.)

[technoshaman]

A proper kilt is _cooler_ in the summer... sadly, it doesn't go to well with riding a motorbike. Several employers ago one of the senior devs was a Serious Scot and we would have "wear your kilt" days...

I wonder what my current employer would think if I showed up in a kilt. :)

[fuzzyred]

I always forget about kilts XD And yes, I imagine they would not mix very well with riding a motorbike. "Wear your kilt" days sound like fun :D

Hmm.. I suppose it depends what kind of work environment it is, and what your employer is like. I'm pretty sure no one could get away with a kilt at my workplace (production worker OR managment).