[pissant]

Whoever invented the first skirt that wasn't down to the ankles deserves a place in the inventor's hall of fame.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Submit this question to "Ask the Imam."

[b4its2late]

I dunno who did, but he should be given some sort of medal.

[escapefromboston]

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?

[Blzbba]

"Who decided women should shave their legs?"


Men who decided they didn't want to sleep next to a cactus plant.

[dog breath]

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.

[Jibaholic]

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.

[al baby]

Shick ?

[Fintan]

Please...No pictures.

[Mercat]

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?

[TexasCajun]

To distinguish themselves from French Whores is my guess.

[exnavychick]

I would have to agree...shaving is a pain (in more ways than one,lol) but I love the results.

OTOH, my grandmother claims that she's never shaved her legs a day in her life and has smooth skin...she says it's because of the silk stockings she always wears. (vice the regular ones)

I wonder if that's really true, but with so many little ones running around, I'm not gonna pony up the cash to experiment, lol!

[Alia]

Sure, it's an "eeevvilll" man's fault. Crockshot!

Women discovered that having hairy legs and hairy pits with the new fashions (like silk nylons) and sleeveless shirts.. just didn't work out right.

Ever seen the legs of a hairy woman wearing pantyhose? You think you got underarm sweat stains? Try it with hairy pits!

What precipitated the "shaving" was newer fabrics and newer fashion lines available to massive amounts of women, not just the chic and well-to-do.

(And I'll bet some idiotic feminist scholar got a huge GRANT to write this blather over the evil marketing "men".)

What's next in controversial subjects in FR after "anti-circumcision"? Shaving legs and armpit hair as some twisted type of "gender mutiliation"? Who comes up with this stuff?)

[theFIRMbss]

>Who decided women should shave their legs?

[Lurking2Long]

Thank goodness!

For a second I thought this was another silly LaurelLeeBraswell thread!

[P.O.E.]

Probably the same person that decided that 3/4 of the mall is dedicated to women's clothing.

[Mr. Blonde]

Rumor has it that shaving the pits helps with the smell. As a man I prefer to slather on anti-perspriant but hey whatever.

[clamper1797]

Whoever it was ... I'll bet that they weren't french

[clamper1797]

I have a friend who's wife shaves her back

[Dan from Michigan]

Whoever started the idea deserves free drinks for life!!!!

[cyborg]

I don't shave mine.