Trash your razors?
Welcome!
I am not out to convince a woman
who likes silky-smooth armpits to
stop shaving, but rather to support
my Sisters in Fuzz.
I know many people think fuzzy pits
are gross and that is their right.
It is also my right to grow my hair.
All of it. Shall we agree to disagree?
Appearence is very culturally loaded.
In the United States, we tend to have a
value placed upon the way a person looks,
rather than how a person behaves.
My theory is that snap judgements
are time-savers and useful in mate
selection.
Which leads us to body hair.
Mate selection in primates uses olfactory
input. The nose knows, so to speak.
The chemistry of romantic (passionate)
attraction is based in the scent a primate
emits. When left to natural devices,
primates, including humans, pick the
"right" mate for them.
When the scents are covered up or
nullified, the chemical messages may get
misinterpreted. The effects of mis-read
chemical messages on divorce rates is a
worthy field for research.
In modern-day erotica, there is a niche
market for men who like armpit hair.
(The same pieces also stress shaving
EVERYthing else, so who's to say?)
Many of the messages on pro-armpit hair
discussion boards focus on the sexual
attraction men have for fuzzy women,
so the discussion has remained on a
fetishist level.
Some women grow their fuzz to flaunt
convention, it becomes a feminist issue
for them.
Personally, I grew weary of a rash in
my armpit. However, I received so many
nasty comments that the tufts became a
politicized statement about image and
how easily women, and men, are sold on a cultural
ideal.
All in all, the decision to grow or shave
rests with the woman. There should be
no more comment on a woman's fuzz than
a man's facial hair.
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