Body Hair

[aelfthrytha]

That's right, you read the title correctly. Body hair - I'm very passionate about it, mostly about mine. I haven't shaved on a regular basis in about five years now, and so I've listened to a wide gamut of responses to my choice, including

Comments

[foursixths]

great entry. it's how i feel about my hairy feminist self, too.

what do you mean by this though?

"...in this case, I am a 'choice' feminist..."

what are you in all other cases? speaking of which, we never really did discuss what brand of feminism you identify with, if any.

[lotusbiosm]

I enjoy people who think that it's unnatural. It's growing there, it's natural. What's unnatural is shaving it off. I stopped shaving my legs after a discussion in Dr. Myers' cultural anthro class where we named the reasons that people shaved their legs. None of them were good ones.
You should read some of the girls who think they have to shave their pubic hair before going to a gyno. It's very sad how we think that body hair is gross. We're mammals, it's supposed to be there. I always tell girls who think that body hair on men (chest hair esp.) is gross that it's a result of testosterone, and therefore a very good thing.

you slay me!

[foursixths]

"...it's a result of testosterone, and therefore a very good thing."

HAHAHA!!

i don't know who you are, but you both crack me up, and, in my humble opinion, miss the point.

Re: you slay me!

[lotusbiosm]

Which point?

[revolution724]

If hair is dirty, why don't they want us to shave our heads?