Confession: Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Own a Razor
Our contributor Abby Spector, who is majoring in Feminine/Gender/Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, confesses her love for body hair:
I am not going to judge silky-smooth-shaved ladies. But here are ten reasons I do NOT own a razor And yes, this means legs, pubic, and — gasp — armpit hair. I let myself run wild and free the way nature intended (deal with it!).
- Why should I? I don’t like razor burn or the spiky feeling of leg hairs emerging from dry skin.
- Sharp objects always seem to cut me no matter how hard I try to prevent them. If I shaved I would be burning through) first aid supplies and buying replacements in bulk from places like seton.co.uk. You’d think I was running a clinic!
- In many ways, I look like the “typical” girl. I am an average size, have blonde hair, blue eyes, and a smile when I’m nervous. There are few ways I can subtly show my rebellious side. I have discovered that a flash of armpit hair does the trick.
- I’ll pass on disrupting the natural course of my body, thank you very much.
- My sister and mom, two of the most beautiful people I know, do not shave. Actually, I didn’t know it was a custom until I got to middle school and my friend insisted that we (she) shave my peach fuzz legs.
- I’m LAZY! And shaving is hella boring!
- The first guy I dated told me I had to shave or else he wouldn’t go down on me. I hate him. How would he feel if a girl told him to wax all his parts to a smoothness only achieved by a Ken doll? My bushy nature is my way of laughing in his face.
- Besides, my current boyfriend doesn’t mind. Why should he? He isn’t exactly bare either. First guy should take notes.
- I am bisexual. The armpit hair works like a calling card to the lesbian community.
- Everyone loves Northern Europeans. Historically, this hot community doesn’t shave. I want to be as Swedish as possible.
i shave/trim just because i prefer to not cause a scene at the pool/beach. but that aside, when winter comes – screw it. My body (in theory) know’s what it’s doing and i don’t care to fight it.
The biggest fetish for shaving in our society is, of course, men’s faces. Most heterosexual women seem to prefer their men to be like little boys.
I think body hair on a woman looks attractive, and I do love how shocking some people find it. I never removed any body hair until last year, but do now sometimes. I like the variety, although I’d still say I prefer to have hair. It’s pretty.
Power to the hair!!! I shave but I barely. Apart from eyebrows and armpits, shaving anywhere else is optional-a scissors does the trick down there and only occasionally, and my legs are a no-go. Have I had an issue with it in my dating life? Not really, apart from men who expect me to shave my vag(ingrown hairs, stubble and nicks aren’t very comfortable at all). Besides, if God/Mother Nature wanted me to be hairless, I would have been born that way.
That is totally cool. I respect and like your reasons. I personally got told by all my friends to start shaving so I did now I’m in the habit. I really LOVE YOUR ARITCLE thou!!
I shave because its more comfortable to me anyone who dislikes that doesn’t have to sleep with me. My boyfriend doesn’t care either way and any male or female I go down on has to have it trimmed at least peach fuzz is fine but a birds nest doesn’t turn me on.
i only shave my armpits because i do alot of sport, the most men can hope for from me is a trim, i ain’t shaving for anyone. either accept it’s natural or go away in my opinion.
Renee – that’s awesome, and I’m glad it’s given you confidence 😀 I pretty much trim just so that when I’m being given oral, my lad doesn’t come up with hair between his teeth, but if you’ve found a way around that, more power to you!
My boyfriend likes me being smooth (though he’s too nice to say anything if I skip a day),and I like the feeling too. I do it for him. I don’t mind, and he does a lot of stuff for me too.
I respect your reasons, just, as a representative of the opposing opinion, I do like the feeling of being shaven and it doesn’t take that much time out of my day.
its totally butch to leave all the hair, you’re right about that. personally, i go bare floor and shave pits and full legs. its cleaner. hairy women gross me out. and i’ve passed it on. my kids find it freaky when women don’t shave their pits. and of course there is the implication that its a total lack of grooming.
Someone verify this but I believe the vagina is inside the body and does not have hair. The vulva is the outside part.
I volunteer at my local teen health clinic, and during our training retreat, one of the first ground rules we all agreed to follow was “don’t yuck my yum.” This basically translates to “respect the tastes of others, especially around sex-related topics because it is so easy to be self-conscious about that sort of thing.” So Erin, if you don’t like pubic hair, you can go right ahead and seek out bare-skinned buddies to get it on with – plenty of them exist, and seem quite happy with their grooming regimens – but don’t be a jerk about other people’s tastes. I don’t think it’s your (or anyone’s) business to insult other people’s vulvas on the Internet.
HA, Erin, people like are you are another reason we don’t shave! Saying something as dismissive and conventional as “yuck” just makes it easier to weed out the sheep from the real people.
And Liz, take a number. “Shaving is cleaner/more attractive/etc etc” – I’ve never had any problems because of my hair. The only side effect so far has been this surge of confidence 🙂
I find that trimming around the lady bits is more helpful than aesthetic – a bunch of hair can get in the way, after all, but a thinner thicket is rarely disruptive.
Yuck