I have been thinking about body hair tonight and the different view points on a woman's body hair and what is deemed attractive or not by some media. It's so interesting because now growing into adult hood, body hair doesn't cross my mind and I do what I feel is comfortable for me at the time. BUT I was reflecting about my early experiences and the perception of body hair and it's so sad. I remember when I was 12 years old my best friend at the time would go swimming at the public pool every week and one week I lifted my arms above my head and she gasped at my new grown armpit hair that I didn't even notice. She shamed me for having it and I was so embarrassed I went home and secretly shaved it without telling my mom. My second experience with body hair was about the same age. I was on the playground on a sunny day and my friend at the time and I both had shorts on. Her legs were smooth and hairless and I had dark blonde hairs covering my legs and she gawked at me like I was an animal and told me it was gross and that it's not pretty for girls to have hair on their legs... So as an adolescent I went home and cried to my parents and caved into peer pressure and cried about how I can't be confident unless I have hairless legs. My parents told me if I start shaving now, I'll have to shave constantly and it will become a hassle. So I went behind their back and shaved my legs and then I felt the gratification of feeling "pretty" because my legs were hairless. MORAL OF THE STORY IS. Educate your kids people!!!!!!! Body hair is your hair and what you feel comfortable with is awesome and if you like body hair awesome, and if you don't awesome. but do not shame other people for what they have making them believe they are less attractive in anyway!!!!!!!!!!!
