Personally the pressure to shave really sucks for me. If I don't shave my legs I can't ever wear shorts or people look at me like I'm some kind of disgusting freak. It's not that no one can like to shave, it's the expectation and body shaming of people who appear to be women but aren't shaved that is an issue. While I was out with a friend one time who was wearing shorts but also doesn't usually shave, some random dude said something about them being hairy and then a racial slur. For me and for a lot of people you can't even have leg or underarm hair showing in your house if you live with your family still, they'll look at you the same way strangers do and are more likely to make a rude comment about how gross and hairy you look.
I guess it's the way you phrased it that bothered people more here but even when I say it nicely like "you shouldn't be expected to shave" people always jump in "well I like that" and it's like.... idk not the point. It's so frustrating feeling like my body is gross in its natural state. When I was in middle school and high school my mom would straight up tell me that the hair above my lip needed to be bleached when I had never even thought about its existence before. There is extreme pressure to spend money on beauty products and spend hours making sure you fit a certain standard and it's not to the point where we can just say it's a personal choice. Right now the choices are conform or be considered hideous and therefore lesser because women are treated like one of their primary purposes is to look appealing.
for a lot of people you can’t even have leg or underarm hair showing in your house if you live with your family still, they’ll look at you the same way strangers do and are more likely to make a rude comment about how gross and hairy you look.
My mother literally told me, unprompted, that I was "disgusting" because I hadn't shaved my armpits and wasn't planning to. I'm actually dealing with some debilitating health problems at the moment that literally make self care like that physically difficult, if not impossible for me, and still her number one priority is how gross my body is. It's infuriating!
there was a long period of time i was actually terrified of shaving my armpits because i ended up with a severely infected abscess that i had to have cut open and drained. well, when something is that swollen and infected, injections for the pain don't work. i felt everything and blacked out.
it was so large i couldn't put my arm down to my side because it hurt. they had to stop and just leave it open so it would drain on its own :<
i've always been waiting for someone to comment on my hairy legs and it NEVER COMES. i'm pretty grateful people seem not to give much of a shit where i live. i hope some day you're able to do what makes you happy without any fear of someone having an opinion they shouldn't feel so damn entitled to spout. ❤️
Personally the pressure to shave really sucks for me. If I don't shave my legs I can't ever wear shorts or people look at me like I'm some kind of disgusting freak. It's not that no one can like to shave, it's the expectation and body shaming of people who appear to be women but aren't shaved that is an issue. While I was out with a friend one time who was wearing shorts but also doesn't usually shave, some random dude said something about them being hairy and then a racial slur. For me and for a lot of people you can't even have leg or underarm hair showing in your house if you live with your family still, they'll look at you the same way strangers do and are more likely to make a rude comment about how gross and hairy you look.
I guess it's the way you phrased it that bothered people more here but even when I say it nicely like "you shouldn't be expected to shave" people always jump in "well I like that" and it's like.... idk not the point. It's so frustrating feeling like my body is gross in its natural state. When I was in middle school and high school my mom would straight up tell me that the hair above my lip needed to be bleached when I had never even thought about its existence before. There is extreme pressure to spend money on beauty products and spend hours making sure you fit a certain standard and it's not to the point where we can just say it's a personal choice. Right now the choices are conform or be considered hideous and therefore lesser because women are treated like one of their primary purposes is to look appealing.
My mother literally told me, unprompted, that I was "disgusting" because I hadn't shaved my armpits and wasn't planning to. I'm actually dealing with some debilitating health problems at the moment that literally make self care like that physically difficult, if not impossible for me, and still her number one priority is how gross my body is. It's infuriating!
there was a long period of time i was actually terrified of shaving my armpits because i ended up with a severely infected abscess that i had to have cut open and drained. well, when something is that swollen and infected, injections for the pain don't work. i felt everything and blacked out.
it was so large i couldn't put my arm down to my side because it hurt. they had to stop and just leave it open so it would drain on its own :<
When I visited him, my brother saw my ass and said it looks like an apes for all the hair. If only I were gay i'd make a fine bear.
i've always been waiting for someone to comment on my hairy legs and it NEVER COMES. i'm pretty grateful people seem not to give much of a shit where i live. i hope some day you're able to do what makes you happy without any fear of someone having an opinion they shouldn't feel so damn entitled to spout. ❤️
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