Reply To: Black women and hygiene

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Jennifer
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I’m a little concerned with the self-satisfied tone of your post. Despite your contention to the contrary, most black hair does not benefit from daily washing. In fact, overexposure to water tends to have a drying effect, such that the hair becomes brittle and breaks much more easily. Women who maintain that daily washing depletes the natural oils of the scalp are telling it like it is. Really, who are you to assume that you know better about someone ELSE’S hair? If your hair grows the way you say, you likely have a different texutre, to which the standard rules of black hair care may not apply. Well, good for you. But that doesn’t qualify you to give advice to everyone. I wouldn’t be so proud, if I were you. Your hair is probably due to genetics, and not to any superior knowledge about haircare that you seem to percieve that you have. As far as shaving is concerned, there are a lot of women who don’t, of all ethnicities. There could be a variety of reasons: lack of vanity, the idea that if it grows ‘there’, it belongs ‘there’, and a fact that may surprise you–some black men like a hairy woman.

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Name : Jennifer, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 31, City : St. Paul, State : MN, Country : United States, Occupation : Non-Profit, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,