Body Hair

Hair is a natural part of one’s aesthetic. It can be cut, waxed, plucked, styled, shaved, dyed, dreaded, and even braided. We can technically do as we please with our look. However, when it comes to women having body hair, it is rejected by society’s ideal standards. For men, it’s okay to grow out their armpit hair, leg hair, beards, mustaches, and pretty much anything else. Whatever they decide to do is considered their personal style choice. If a woman decides to not wax her upper lip and perhaps forgets to shave her legs or armpit hair, she is looked at as impure.

If women have a small blur of hair then it’s the end of the world, they are looked down upon men and even other women. It appears that in today’s society women have to follow

Veet, a well-known company that sells depilatory products released a commercial in 2014 that basically warned women not to “risk dudeness” with their hairy legs. The ad leads to a couple of conclusions: having any body hair basically means you are a man, if you shave you are a woman, and straight men are scared of hairy legs.

Women that have taken it upon themselves to explore their body image and even sexuality have had to stand up against bullying as well as people viewing them as unclean. When we picture hairy legs or armpits we see it as unhygienic. But in reality hygiene has to do with your health and constant bodily cleaning. All women have had to go through that time of the month were Mother Nature just decides to punish your for not being pregnant. When that time comes, waxing or shaving down there helps, since after all it stops the body odor none of us want.

Since the beginning of time as humans we’ve had a love and hate relationship with removing body hair. Even dating back to the Egyptians that removed every single bit of hair from head to toe. However, there was a practical purpose to this and it was the prevention of the spread of