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Who decided women should shave their legs?
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Posted on 03/02/2005 12:56:15 PM PST by pissant
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Whoever invented the first skirt that wasn't down to the ankles deserves a place in the inventor's hall of fame.
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posted on
03/02/2005 12:56:20 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
Submit this question to "Ask the Imam."
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posted on
03/02/2005 12:56:53 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.....)
To: pissant
I dunno who did, but he should be given some sort of medal.
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posted on
03/02/2005 12:57:28 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(This is like deja vu all over again.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Except substitute moustache for legs....
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posted on
03/02/2005 12:57:33 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
Thank God I live in an English Speaking country!
Why don't Greek Statues have body hair? Maybe it was easier to make a statue that way?
To: Tijeras_Slim
Tijeras_Slim wrote:
Submit this question to "Ask the Imam."
No kidding.
A lot of this stuff is right out of islam.
I am blessed with fair, sparse hair on my legs. If i had my druthers i would not bother with the legs at all.
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:01:00 PM PST
by
tiamat
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: pissant
"Who decided women should shave their legs?"
Men who decided they didn't want to sleep next to a cactus plant.
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:01:54 PM PST
by
Blzbba
(Don't hate the player - hate the game!)
To: pissant
It is a free country, if a woman wants to run around with legs that look like a monkey she can go right ahead. If guys start running around unwashed and unshaven that is their right also. Of course they may never have a date, unless they move to France.
To: pissant
All of these seemingly strange behaviors have a common theme, which is that they take existing differences between genders and make them more pronounced. E.g. more feminine (or masculine).
Women are less hairy than men, so they pronounce that difference by shaving
Women have breasts and men don't, so they pronounce that difference by wearing special bras
Women have smaller waists than men, so the pronounce that difference by wearing clothes with tailored waists.
And the same applies to men:
Men have bigger muscles than women so they pronounce that difference by lifting weights
Men have broader shoulders so they pronounce that difference by wearing jackets that emphasize the shoulders
This is also why you see such really strange behaviors such as tribal women who put plates in their lips. Women have larger, fully lips than men so they put (small) plates in to pronounce the lips. The practice then got increasingly extreme. Same thing for foot binding in China, or the rings around the necks for some African tribal women.
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:09:27 PM PST
by
Jibaholic
To: escapefromboston
Why don't Greek Statues have body hair? Maybe it was easier to make a statue that way? At least when it came to women in ancient Greece, they removed ALL body hair. So, the statutes of women are accurate depictions.
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:11:22 PM PST
by
Modernman
("Normally, I don't listen to women, or doctors." - Captain Hero)
To: Modernman
using a clam shell as a razor.....
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:16:10 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:17:45 PM PST
by
al baby
(Dick Trickle is not just a medical condition)
To: Blzbba
My wifes legs come in handy when I run out of sandpaper....
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:20:16 PM PST
by
pissant
To: b4its2late
A good time to post this...
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:26:34 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
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Please...No pictures. |
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:26:59 PM PST
by
Fintan
(Seriously...does my hair look all right?)
To: Fintan
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:27:55 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
amazing..I'm surprised...13 replies and NOT one menton of thongs, or hot waxes, or the bikini shave..
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:29:09 PM PST
by
ken5050
(The Dem party is as dead as the NHL..)
To: ken5050
We run a PG-13 thread here...
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:30:39 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
OK, here's the real question... why does body hair grow to a certain length and then stop? i.e., if, in the winter and I'm not admitting it but hypothetically if I were to not shave the pits, why wouldn't it hypothetically grow to my waist?
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:30:58 PM PST
by
Mercat
(smeeeeee)
To: pissant
'My wifes legs come in handy when I run out of sandpaper....'
The beauty of this forum is that I can disagree with you on one thread and laugh my a$$ off with you in another!
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posted on
03/02/2005 1:32:57 PM PST
by
Blzbba
(Don't hate the player - hate the game!)
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