Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Jennie after dark: Body hair and shaving and why i do such a thing

so, i cannot sleep at all (because i might be able to see one of my best friends tomorrow, and he lives in Jersey) and also, my tummy is making noises and i just cant sleep. Anyways, one subject that makes me exceedingly irritated, is masculinity in the form of body hair. Example: If a woman decides to grow a beard, she is known as the scary bearded lady but when a man has a beard, he is wise and awesome depending on how long and cool looking it is. another example: if a woman doesn't want to shave her armpits, she is risking not wearing tank tops or short sleeves (or she could wear her armpit hair out like some women do, don't be ashamed of your hair) in fear that men would view her as masculine, and it is totally fine and viewed as a normal thing for men to have armpit hair. But why is hair viewed as masculine? i honestly do not know the answer to this question, but maybe because of the fact that they can grow hair, visibly in more places than women, but i really don't know. If anyone has any sort of answer or theory about it please leave a comment!! I don't understand why body hair is viewed as masculine, and it should be a people thing because body hair is something that is so natural and important to our bodies.
And on to the topic of shaving shall we?
So its apparently expectational (yes, i just made a new word...please deal with it) for women to shave their legs and armpits and men to shave their faces and also chests and backs. Why should i risk cutting myself with a razor? for social constructs and pleasing the other sex? why do they care? I personally shave because IT FEELS NICE TO HAVE HAIRLESS LEGS!!!!!! i like how smooth my legs get after shaving. i do this for MYSELF and i think that we should do things for ourselves rather than worrying about other people in the picture. maybe body hair is viewed a taboo for women because shaving has been such a popularity between women, and has developed into a social construct. i remember when i was a young girl wanting to learn how to shave because my older sister did it and she was pretty cool and stuff. You learn how to conform to society when you are young.
so...this has been fun, i think i should get to bed now
Night everyone, or good morning since its almost 2 in the morning
<3 Jennie

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