Women armpit hair movement
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Thread Topic: Women armpit hair movement
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No offense to any girl that likes her armpit long and grown, but I find it gross. @_@
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Honest NoviceI find this slightly offensive and ignorant. You're missing the point.
The point for women doing this isn't about "how it looks". Its about "why should I have to do this when men don't?" And about not conforming to society's rules. I'm sure most women would love to have been born without the hair. It can also be about the effort it takes to remove it, they'd just prefer not to.
It can look gross on men too. But it's fine for them not to? I hope you understand now. -
Honest NoviceSo the subject about women was kind of irrelevant. Not many men go to the gym everyday so that's not really the same. It's not socially unacceptable for men to avoid the gym and have a bad body.
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butthole Newbiei think both armpit hair and man fits are attractive so this conversation is very bigoted imo.
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Honest NoviceIts not the same.... If a woman goes out unshaven people will stare at her in horror and she'll probably get rude/mean comments. If a man has "man boobs" he may get some stares but he won't get looks of horror.
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Yeah but you don't see any man with boobs takes proud selfies and post them on the internet (like women are doing), and if a man does that I'm pretty sure most girls will find it gross.
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They shouldn't have to shave it, but alas people will be judgmental about it so it's going to be a tough nut to crack-body hair don't look good on anybody and EVERYONE should shave in my opinion though, but hey to each his own.(I'm a dude who shaves everywhere)
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People who flex the rights that were handed to them on a silvwr platter without ever having fought for their freedom apin any real way for the sake of flexing tend to annoy me. Congratulations you can chose whether or not to shave your pits. Give the girls some medals
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I mean if it's so hard for them to shave their armpits they might as well stop using makeup or going on diets because who cares about attractiveness, right?
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The majority of females nowadays are very extremist. I understand where women went with their movements for rights to vote, etc, but seriously, females are pushing this all way too far and pining quite a bit of expected emotional drama as women thing they deserve rights to everything and can do never thing that men can do. Well, newsflash girls, you can't do everything that guys can do just like guys can't do everything that girls can do. Male and female are two different sex and they are not the same. Some things that are right for a guy aren't right for a girl, (like walking sound without a shirt) and some things that girls can do aren't right for guys. (like wearing makeup and wearing feminine clothing)
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I shave my armpits for sanitary purposes. Even then, I still forget most of the time (probably should've shaved today lmao). Whether someone wants to shave or not is their personal preference. I have friends who shave every day, but I also have friends who never shave at all. None of us care about each other's habits because we realize that our bodies are our own, and their bodies are their own. I shouldn't have control over what you do with your body, and you shouldn't have control over what I do with mine. As long as our actions aren't actually hurting each other (smoking, for example, is where I draw the line), do whatever you want.
Here's the problem that I see with this, though. You're comparing two entirely different things (weight and shaving), but in my personal experience, men definitely do have it better. I'm plus size, I rarely wear makeup, and I only shave when I absolutely have to. Considering that I now have plenty of friends and a pretty great girlfriend, I'd say that my personality's alright. However, a few years back I was good friends with this guy, who we're going to call M for the sake of internet anonymity. M was also overweight, and not conventionally attractive? He didn't work out, he had "man titties" as you described them, and was just generally sort of... yeah. We had similar personalities and interests. However, where M was considered a great guy (regardless of his body), I was judged heavily for mine and would receive frequent comments about my weight, breasts, use of makeup, etc. Even though we were incredibly similar, his flaws were looked past as people focused on his personality, while mine consumed people's views of me.
While this may sound like a tiny personal rant, it applies to more than just this one situation. Men are often valued for having a great personality if their physical shape isn't the "ideal." Pressure is put on women to be as physically perfect as they can be, regardless of who they actually are as a person. -
I disagree selena.
Looks and what actually makes a person a person are wildly subjective.
That is, whether people prefer looks or humour, the types of looks and humour they like are so varied that any pressure you are likely to feel is self manufactured in my opinion. -
Of course, it varies by the individual, but there is a societal view of beauty for all genders. It's there whether you like it or not. Have you ever felt like "fitting in" required a certain set of characteristics, a certain type of clothing, etc? That's the societal standard at work.
What I'm saying is that it's societally acceptable for him not to be fit, because he's funny or smart or whatever. I, on the other hand, am expected to put large amounts of effort into my appearance before my personality can even be considered. Then, there's the possibility of me being overly sexualized or being viewed as "high maintenance."
I could get into catcalling, but let's focus on the matter at hand. -
What I'm disagreeing with is that there is that universal standard that you're talking about.
I acknowledge that you think he's ok just being a cool guy and unattractive while it's not ok for you. I'm just saying thats probably all in your head.
Sexualization is good, how people view you isn't really your business, and catcalling is a non issue -
Selena let's not get into sexualization because it's very complicated (consider how males are always expected to be strong and sensitive males are bullied and undermined in most countries)
However I understand the point behind your first post and I kinda agree with it. It's ok in my opinion if a girl doesn't want to shave because it's her business and her partner might be ok with it; but taking selfies and making contests and shoving their armpit hair down men's throat(figuratively) to make them find it sexy? That's too selfish. I say men start a man boob contest and try to make it a trend, then we'll see how these feminists feel about it.
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