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.

Comments

[lithophiles]

So, like, this is probably a weird response, since I'm from one of those plural systems that has a large inner world, but... it influences my values and tastes at the front, definitely. And it's kind of embarrassing to admit this at front, but I personally am attracted to really hairy women. (This is more common to see in my world, since there are multiple polymorphs of male and female, and in some places you will definitely see women with a lot of chest and arm hair along with leg hair. Although not all societies are equally tolerant of all polymorphs.) So yeah, my stance is "shave if you like it" too, but my personal attraction (the superficial physical part, anyway) to women goes up with the amount of body hair they have. And no, I have no idea what this society's obsession with it is all about.

-Helain

[fuzzyred]

That's not a weird response at all. I like meeting different people, and it is fascinating to learn more about them and what makes us all different and unique, and what we have in common. I personally am attracted more to males and prefer a moderate amount of (well-kept) hair, but I'm really not very picky in that regard. Your preferences make a lot of sense, and are a refreshing 180 from the typical society standards (over here in North America anyway.) I think we'd all be better off if more people took the "shave if you want to" stance, rather than obsessing over who can have how much hair where.

(Sorry for the extremely delayed reply, I've been a bit busy and low on spoons. Thanks for leaving a comment!)