{"id":674,"date":"2015-09-24T08:41:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T08:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expathales.wordpress.com\/?p=532"},"modified":"2020-01-19T02:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T02:44:12","slug":"why-i-stopped-shaving-my-pits-but-not-my-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wareishenow.com\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Body Hair Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--uM3yh1qA--\/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636\/b3cpbo0ths762qyjnofa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Note- not my armpits!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So this might gross a few of your out. I am not sure why it will maybe because culture and society has told women for years that it is more feminine to shave the natural hair on your body. I have stopped shaving my arm pits <em>(I still shave them when I feel like it, but very occasionally)\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have been an avid armpit shaver for a long time. I remember being in late middle and high school it would bother me so much to have the slightest stubble under my arms. I would feel gross even seeing it. I also use to get really itchy very dry skin under my armpits after shaving <em>(beauty is pain, right?!?)<\/em> I would also every so often get these big bumps that would be sore. I still continued to so this.<\/p>\n<p>Upon growing up, I have realized WHY!?! Why do women subject themselves to this torture. Stubble, dry, itchy, nicked, bleeding..<em>(I can say the same for legs but again I love the feeling I get after I finally shave them and put lotion on them and I can rub them together)<\/em> I understand that women will feel the same about armpits the same way I feel about legs. That&#8217;s fine. I am not here to condemn you into hell for shaving. I just wanted to share that I have stopped. My girlfriend doesn&#8217;t mind which is obviously a plus and I feel better. I don&#8217;t itch from the dry skin, I don&#8217;t get these nasty gross bumps. American&#8217;s are crazy about women not having body hair. It is not common to really shave like we do in Asia. Taiwanese don&#8217;t usually shave their legs from my experience. I think body hair is natural and in the west we have been conditioned that is it the opposite, that women who have hair should feel ashamed. I am tired of being ashamed for something I can&#8217;t control.<\/p>\n<p>Also a feeling on the crazy cool dyed pits. HELL YES!!! I think that&#8217;s what&#8217;s up! I have always wanted crazy color hair but having the crazy pit hair is pretty sweet I think. I know it&#8217;s out there for most people but I say if you want to do it do it!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading my personal rant\/feelings on this. \u00a0Feel free to share your own feelings and opinions (as long as they are positive!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note- not my armpits! So this might gross a few of your out. I am not sure why it will maybe because culture and society has told women for years that it is more feminine to shave the natural hair on your body. 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