What Do You Think of the "Free to Be Hairy" Movement

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  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    I'm pro- doing what ever the fark you want with your own body.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Hairy, hairy pits!
    Your power is infinite!
    Awe and inspire us.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    I'm pro- doing what ever the fark you want with your own body.

    See, this kind of statement (repeated ad-infinitum in this thread) misses the whole point. . I don't think the thread is titled: "Would you advocate making it a federal crime for women to have hairy pits".

    Not liking the way a hairy pit looks is not the same as demanding someone else shave. I don't find hairy pits and hairy legs attractive on a woman, but that doesn't mean I think she shouldn't do whatever she wants with her body.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Simpletons ruin
    Everything, always
    Silencing hair-ku
  • butterfli7o
    butterfli7o Posts: 1,319 Member
    Personally? No. I can't stand feeling hairy.
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  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    who in kitten's name
    would want to flag a haiku
    these people crazy

    Hey you with the flags
    you are doing it all wrong
    "Flag" doesn't mean "like"
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    I think it's way gross, but to each their own. I can't stand body hair, other than the hair on my head. I even gag/get grossed out when I'm cleaning out my hairbrush.... Can't even imagine that much hair under my arms. *vomits*
  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    Shana67 wrote: »
    I think it's way gross, but to each their own. I can't stand body hair, other than the hair on my head. I even gag/get grossed out when I'm cleaning out my hairbrush.... Can't even imagine that much hair under my arms. *vomits*

    I'm with you there! I don't like "loose" hair with no definite structure. A tight ball of it is fine, but if it's got strands poking out, it makes me gag.
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    I'm pro- doing what ever the fark you want with your own body.

    See, this kind of statement (repeated ad-infinitum in this thread) misses the whole point. . I don't think the thread is titled: "Would you advocate making it a federal crime for women to have hairy pits".

    Not liking the way a hairy pit looks is not the same as demanding someone else shave. I don't find hairy pits and hairy legs attractive on a woman, but that doesn't mean I think she shouldn't do whatever she wants with her body.

    Uhh, ok. Let me rephrase myself. I think doing what feels natural for your own body is sexy. I admire those that give the finger to typical beauty standards.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    I'm pro- doing what ever the fark you want with your own body.

    See, this kind of statement (repeated ad-infinitum in this thread) misses the whole point. . I don't think the thread is titled: "Would you advocate making it a federal crime for women to have hairy pits".

    Not liking the way a hairy pit looks is not the same as demanding someone else shave. I don't find hairy pits and hairy legs attractive on a woman, but that doesn't mean I think she shouldn't do whatever she wants with her body.

    Uhh, ok. Let me rephrase myself. I think doing what feels natural for your own body is sexy. I admire those that give the finger to typical beauty standards.

    Much better! :P

    (and yeah, I maybe overreacted a bit with that post). .
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    worship me and mmy hairiness

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  • brewingPHX
    brewingPHX Posts: 284 Member
    If only women had back hair <3<3<3
  • Big_YEET
    Big_YEET Posts: 152 Member
    brewingPHX wrote: »
    If only women had back hair <3<3<3

    I'm so pale and my body hair is so dark that I have pretty visible back hair. Boyfriends have pointed it out. Lmao :D
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    newmeadow wrote: »
    I think it should be socially acceptable for men to have hairy legs and pits, but I'm pretty liberal.

    The men I know don't shave their body hair.

    But it's possible I travel in a different circle than the current crop of prolific posters at MFP.

    Anyhow, the argument has been made here that body hair entraps and emits unpleasant odors.

    If that's true, men, (other than competitive body builders, porn stars & metrosexuals) should be walking around smelling ripe and animalistic.

    I don't find this to be the case.

    Maybe womenfolk's unshaven armpits are more aromatic than men's. I don't know.

    Yep! That's exactly the double standard I was pointing out. :)

    Some guys do smell pretty ripe but nothing that can't be fixed with a nice shower and good deoderant. I think the point was that you have to take an extra level of care in your private regions when there is hair because there more surface area means more heat, more moisture, more bacteria and possible odor if certain preventative meseaures aren't taken. Too each their own, shave/don't shave, up to the individual. Doesn't affect me personally, so I really don't care.
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    salembambi wrote: »
    MsAmandaNJ wrote: »
    salembambi wrote: »
    MsAmandaNJ wrote: »
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    There we go, that feels better now!

    we match
    It's not so bad, right? As for the naysayers, they can have their opinion, but I don't have to let it bother me. Lifetime of ridicule? I'm more along the lines of a lifetime of being happy with myself, making my choices and owning them.

    hell yeah! ill take people finding me disgusting & a lifetime of ridicule over feeling like i have to shave twice a week for the rest of my damn life

    don't you just love how it tickles when the wind blows your leg hair?? and you forget you have leg hair so you are like ... why is something touching me? then you look down and laugh at your cute little leg hairs

    Umm, no. Never liked that feeling. Feels like bugs crawling on me.
  • brewingPHX
    brewingPHX Posts: 284 Member
    Tuffaknee wrote: »
    brewingPHX wrote: »
    If only women had back hair <3<3<3

    I'm so pale and my body hair is so dark that I have pretty visible back hair. Boyfriends have pointed it out. Lmao :D

    Would you shave my name in it? <3
  • Tsartele
    Tsartele Posts: 683 Member
    I think its rather gross..
  • Big_YEET
    Big_YEET Posts: 152 Member
    brewingPHX wrote: »
    Tuffaknee wrote: »
    brewingPHX wrote: »
    If only women had back hair <3<3<3

    I'm so pale and my body hair is so dark that I have pretty visible back hair. Boyfriends have pointed it out. Lmao :D

    Would you shave my name in it? <3

    I would, if I had a longer arm.
  • Jpinpoint
    Jpinpoint Posts: 219 Member
    I, personally, have a standing appointment bi-weekly for my eyebrows, every 6 weeks for my nether region and my under arms and legs are done every other day. It's all driven because it's MY choice. Sometimes I take a week off and don't wash my hair, don't shave my legs or under arms, it doesn't end my world. I'm 38 yrs old and I just do what I do. My mom was not openly "You need to shave".

    I have a good friend who is a model and I worked a photo shoot with her, in the light she had the faintest fuzz on her legs. At one point I ran my hand down her lower leg and asked her how she managed to keep her growth short and so light and soft. SHE NEVER EVER SHAVED. Never started, so her naturally blonde body hair never learned to grow in thick.

    It's all a choice. Ladies, gents...your body, your choice.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    The main problem I see from this "hippy movement", are comments from people out in public in regards to odors.

    Like I said, we all know some people don't bathe, or wear deodorant. And some people don't like to inhale dirty *kitten* smells from people, I, being one of them.

    Rude or not, I always make comments so the culprit can hear. And like most, they get butthurt or offended for being a dirt bag.

    Kind of like those emo kids who cut themselves. You stare at them, they get upset, and go home cry and cut some.

    I think it's all about attention anyhow, but that is just ones mans opinion.
    I'm going to assume you are being funny, but I'm also going to assume you don't realize how serious the act of cutting can be, to the cutter, and to his/her family. Not all cutters are emo, and not all cutters really want attention, and if they do, they probably NEED that attention. It's not as funny as one would think, when you see the marks on your childs' arm.

    Well said. Cutting is nothing to joke about.
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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,302 Member
    How stupid.

    One could just change 'didn't take the time to shave her legs to anything( including ' did shave her legs' )

    Meaningless statement.

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    Glad to see it was a joke.

    Hard to tell with some of the statements made in this thread.

  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,302 Member
    I'm pro- doing what ever the fark you want with your own body.

    See, this kind of statement (repeated ad-infinitum in this thread) misses the whole point. . I don't think the thread is titled: "Would you advocate making it a federal crime for women to have hairy pits".

    Not liking the way a hairy pit looks is not the same as demanding someone else shave. I don't find hairy pits and hairy legs attractive on a woman, but that doesn't mean I think she shouldn't do whatever she wants with her body.

    The title was actually What do you think of the movement.

    I agree many have said your body, your choice - but many have also made statements about how gross female hair is, which I think is different to just stating personal preference.

    Just like I prefer a clean shaven man - but that doesn't mean I think men with beards are gross.

    I like the movement - not because I want to stop shaving my own legs but because it offers an alternative perception to the deeply ingrained notion in our western cultures that good womanhood = hairless ness.
  • gio0323
    gio0323 Posts: 294 Member
    lets go tribal lol
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,302 Member
    See, that confirms my point gio - the connotations like tribal, gross etc that are culturally ingrained to female body hair in our countries.
    I notice you have facial hair though - so this 'go tribal' connnotation only applies to women?


    And yes, before people jump in with gifs, I did see the LOL on his post.
    But it still reflects these connotations our culture has ingrained.
  • gio0323
    gio0323 Posts: 294 Member
    See, that confirms my point gio - the connotations like tribal, gross etc that are culturally ingrained to female body hair in our countries.
    I notice you have facial hair though - so this 'go tribal' connnotation only applies to women?


    And yes, before people jump in with gifs, I did see the LOL on his post.
    But it still reflects these connotations our culture has ingrained.
    See, that confirms my point gio - the connotations like tribal, gross etc that are culturally ingrained to female body hair in our countries.
    I notice you have facial hair though - so this 'go tribal' connnotation only applies to women?


    And yes, before people jump in with gifs, I did see the LOL on his post.
    But it still reflects these connotations our culture has ingrained.
    See, that confirms my point gio - the connotations like tribal, gross etc that are culturally ingrained to female body hair in our countries.
    I notice you have facial hair though - so this 'go tribal' connnotation only applies to women?


    And yes, before people jump in with gifs, I did see the LOL on his post.
    But it still reflects these connotations our culture has ingrained.
    no issue with hair at all
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    See, that confirms my point gio - the connotations like tribal, gross etc that are culturally ingrained to female body hair in our countries.
    I notice you have facial hair though - so this 'go tribal' connnotation only applies to women?


    And yes, before people jump in with gifs, I did see the LOL on his post.
    But it still reflects these connotations our culture has ingrained.


    i agree , its only a wild, tribal, weird, gross thing when women do it but men? they can be as ugly , beastly even old looking as they want wear no shirt and *kitten* themselves and its cool cause "he a man" a gross man but a man
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