June 28, 2001 at 12:00 am #34110
tallie
Participant
I haven’t shaved in at least three years, and it made me love and accept my body more than anything else has. However, as a result, many people have said some pretty awful things to me. I can’t wear tanktops or shorts in the house because my mom ‘can’t stand to look at me.’ Girls are creeped out, and guys are seemingly threatened. I think the trend toward shaving started in the 1920s, when more and more of the female body was shown. Women had to be everything men weren’t, i.e. men hairy, women not.