I Am Woman Forum To Shave Or Not To Shave...Tha..

Originally posted by Sylvan Huntress
men can stroll along the beach, sporting back hair (!) and no one flinches in horror and orders the beach to be evacuated... what is that all about? Not more than a handful of hundred years ago men shaved, wore heels and stockings, wigs and makeup and now today's man - well, we're lucky if they wear deodorant! Amazing how things can change in such a short time...

Originally posted by Midnight Writer�
Shaving is a pain... and i hate it when you finish on your legs and then relize that, when you're nowhere near a razor, you have a patch right around your ankles. I also have to admit that i slack a lot, especially in the winter [just wear pants and no one will know] . As for the pits... a decent t-shirt will cover fine. ::tongue::

Originally posted by Nicole Sebula
this isn't really shaving -- but it has to do with a little area that some of us shave...

i was in hair salon supply store today -- and as i was checking out i turned and saw a stand with something called color for your betty...

It was hair color for your pubic hair... i had to laugh - simply because the colors were bright pink, neon orange, blue... I can just imagine getting all ready to have sex and your "betty" is neon orange... my guy would have that WTF kind of look...

Originally posted by Marie Starr
Well, here I am � you knew I�d show up some time right?

The chattering loner in this sea of shaved, semi-shaved, would-be-shaved-if women �

Although, I do, in fact, completely agree that legs, shortly after some shaving and lotioning and all, do feel absolutely fabulous � and if I came like that, I�d be pretty ecstatic about it, but � I don�t �

(one of my ex-boyfriends did though and let me tell you, he had some serious silky soft skin � yeah, that was good �)

Okay I'm back ... and just for all y'all here at I Am Woman, I whipped up this lovely little list:

Top Ten Reasons Why I Don�t Shave:

1. because I cannot justify the time involved in it, there�s not enough hours in a day

2. because it�s an absolute pain, as well as often painful

3. because I always used to cut myself shaving in the damn shower cause I�m blind as
a bat without my lenses and, besides that, every time I shaved my pits I got massive
razor-burn

4. because, (as clich� as this sounds, and, believe me, I know it sounds clich�) I
really do believe we�re all okay just the way we are � and in extension of that �

5. because I refuse to contribute to the destructive mentality produced and
propagated by the manufacturers and corporations, who are so terribly good at
making us feel like we need whatever they are selling in order to be
(a) beautiful
(b) happy
(c) worthy
(d) successful
(e) loved
(f) all of the above

6. because men aren�t asked to, much less just expected to, maintain a hairless,
silken body for us � but we are expected to maintain one for them � or even the
possibility of them

7. because there really does seem to be this disturbing correlation between shaving
being sexy and it making us look more like little girls � deeply disturbing �

8. because I have issues with authority and refuse to do what others tell me to or,
even worse, expect me to do without even being told

9. because it makes me feel bad about myself: like I�m trying to be something I�m not

10. because I�m not really interested in being intimately involved with anyone for
whom outside appearances are the deciding factor in what they
(a) choose
(b) want
(c) desire
(d) value
(e) love
(f) all of the above

Ah, that was fun � I think I'll go shave my head now ...