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      • velma@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        The discussion isn’t around the differences in people’s body hair. It’s about media’s representation of women’s bodies.

        Your comment would have more of a point if it was commonplace to see unshaved women in media.

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          3 days ago

          If it was common place to see unshaved women then my comment wouldn’t have made any damn sense. My comment is only relevant because there are people who don’t shave and yet still look like they do.

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            3 days ago

            Anyway I just had a tangential thought: my opinion of women showing off their armpit hair is identical to how I would feel about anyone who never wipes their ass after they shit. Both equally vomit-inducing. Just my opinion.

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                  21 hours ago

                  It’s not like it’s a beard, though, it’s normal on all adults. I personally don’t like it on anybody, appreciate grooming but saying it’s only disgusting on women is so strange. The worst for me is guy pit hair with deodorant stuck to it, I never see that on women.

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                    14 hours ago

                    I’m a woman and I got full body laser hair removal 20 years ago. That’s my personal preference & opinion about body hair on women. Clean and sleek and feminine. Men can do whatever they want. I don’t care. I guess the men I’ve dated / married didn’t have much body hair, and I probably wouldn’t be attracted to men who have tons of body hair. I think I’ve even dated a couple of men who had full body laser hair removal too. That was nice. But that’s just how he already was when I met him.

          • velma@sh.itjust.works
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            3 days ago

            The most likely reason the actress was portrayed as unshaven was because women are overwhelmingly presented as hairless in media. Not because some people have naturally light hair.

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              3 days ago

              OK, nothing I have said is against that point. So your point is fuck me for adding to the conversation or what?

              • velma@sh.itjust.works
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                3 days ago

                I already explained why I replied to your comment - the reason this actress is portrayed as hairless is because we live in a patriarchal society that has strict gender expressions for women and that includes being hairless.

                I wish that the conversation could be around the differences in people’s bodies instead of the media presenting a very specific image of how women are supposed to present.

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                  3 days ago

                  I started this thread talking about body hair differences you’re the one who tried to change the subject. Be the change you want to see in the world.