Serious discussion: body hair

[Kieran]

Lol okay (for anyone who didn't know, the tits thing was a joke)

 

No one here is denying that women shave for beauty. That’s pretty much accepted. Men don’t shave because they’re hairier, which means it would require more shaving and that it is more accepted for them to look hairy because, well, that’s what they are.

[TheZZL]

Lol okay

 

No one here is denying that women shave for beauty. That’s pretty much accepted. Men don’t shave because they’re hairier, which means it would require more shaving and that it is more accepted for them to look hairy because, well, that’s what they are.

 

Before (in time) that was most likely the reason, but as @BoM said, people form their opinions and actions to the "norm" of the society. Sure there are guys that shave their entire body's, but it's mostly viewed as "weird" because that's how society has raised us. The cultural norm of "women shaving" most likely sprouted from men not shaving. So, if a women weren't to shave she'd seem like a man (Which until a decade or two ago was frowned upon). Yes, there are also women who do not shave, but society pushes them to. I went to a camp last year where I was friends with a girl who's culture didn't allow her to shave. She was ridiculed and mocked by other girls for not shaving, because those girls were taught by their moms to shave. A few weeks later the girl came to camp shaved because society pushed her to.

[Kieran]

Where do you think the idea that men should appear hairier than women came from?

 

It came from the fact that men are hairier lol. Norms don’t appear out of nowhere in society, they originate from somewhere. The norm is men don’t shave because it’s normal for men to appear hairy since they have always been that way.

 

Rip camp girl, F in chat.

[BoM]

It came from the fact that men are hairier lol. Norms don’t appear out of nowhere in society, they originate from somewhere. The norm is men don’t shave because it’s normal for men to appear hairy since they have always been that way.

 

If this were even remotely true then there never would have been long spans of time where a majority of men shaved all the hair off their face, or points where women cut their hair short. If we just left everything as it was deemed by nature, the 'look' of society would be a lot different.

[Kieran]

Never said everything originated from nature, just everything originates from somewhere. Since I cannot think of a time where it was the "norm" for men to shave their body hair, I think it is fair to assume that it comes from the typical and natural appearance of man?