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    When did getting a bikini wax become a crime?


    Recently, Cosmo had an article about Brazilian waxes, and how they're Empowering! And Everyone's Doing Them! And how they're Changing the World! And then Jezebel produced a post about that very terrible article, which has spawned a 300-count-and-growing comment thread that is mostly about how disgusting it is to remove your pubic hair; that they, the commenters, are Real Women and Women Have Hair; that to remove that hair is to Give in to the Patriarchy and Look Prepubescent--and generally, I want to say screw you.

    My vagina, bereft of hair, remains a woman's vagina because holy crap! I'm a woman! It is also a lot easier to deal with and neater during my period, far more, way more, so ridiculously more sensitive during oral sex, and I know for a fact that sometimes a faceful of wet hair is not the most pleasant sensation in the world--I am nothing if not polite.

    Why is it a problem that I want to wax? It doesn't hurt as much as everyone swears it does, I have the money for it, I am not doing it because it is hip, I am not an idiot who is doing it because Cosmopolitan magazine tells me that I have to if I want to be a real woman, a wreck who thinks my body is disgusting and needs to be fixed, a weakling who goes bare because my man tells me I better or I'm not getting any because that's the way vaginas in porn movies look.

    I do it because I want to do it. I like it. I do not think your pubic hair is a problem--why is my lack a problem? I am as confused by the women in the gym, as one Jezebel commenter recounts, who criticize other women for having full and luxurious mounds of pubic hair as I am by the women who say that waxing is disgusting and wrong. What the heck people?

    Which wave of feminism is it that talks about our right to make informed, well-thought-out decisions about our bodies? Because that's the one I want to be a part of. That's the one I want to bring back, the one where you say "My Body, My Choice," full stop, without going on to suggest that your body is wrong. Where women stop undermining each other over stupid crap, stop assuming that all women are the kinds of idiots who listen to women's magazines and base all their choices on their dictates, and start worrying about the important things. Like not the state of my vagina.


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    36 comments

    • Doug S  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Do what you like, but you are sadly mistaken about the effect of a faceful of wet hair! Very sexy!
    • Gloria Cantens  •  1 year 3 months ago
      I am not sure I subscribe to the idea that removing your bikini line hair is akin to submitting to some patriarchal control. Men shave their faces, women shave their legs and underarms and now that I think of it both genders are removing whatever they want when it comes to hair.
    • Dechen  •  4 years 2 months ago
      i feel it is clean.coz during hot season i feel uncomfortable.
    • Strawberry  •  4 years 2 months ago
      I think its a little gross not to. I shave though because i heard waxing hurts and im a little scared to do it. But I feel soo much cleaner and I have not heard of one guy who doesnt like it. In fact I see guys getting grossed out when a girl doesnt shave. Plus I think it looks more attractive when it is waxed/shaved.
    • NiNi  •  4 years 1 month ago
      I completely agree! That waxing or shaving is so-o-o-o-o much cleaner, smoother,fresher and just better.So thumbs up to all you women, you who have made that choice. It's our bodies to do with what we feal most comfortable. If you don't Hey so what. You do you and I will continue to do me. that does not make any one more or less of a women.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 years 2 months ago
      There are several home brazilian wax kits available for those of us on a budget. I have never paid for a wax. Avon makes one called SKIN SO SOFT Fresh & Smooth Hair Removal Microwave Wax For Face and Body. It is $15 and good for several waxings. Also there is a brand called Surgi Wax available at CVS for $7.
    • Rowdygirl  •  4 years 1 month ago
      I have tried it both ways and my man prefers me natural. In fact, he loves it and it's a major turn on for him. He says it's the "caveman" in him and it's the way women were meant to look. I actually prefer it too.. less maintenance and no itching. I'm a very clean person and have a bit of OCD, so it was a constant area of perusal... lol Nothing against anyone who wants to go the bare route.. it's your body and you should do what pleases you & your partner.
    • Rita  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Having a waxed pubic area does not make you less of a woman or some kind of slave to men! What is wrong with these people?

      Talk about reverse feminism here! What ever happened to freedom of choice for women?
    • Terry  •  4 years 2 months ago
      I say take it off! Its easy to handle when it is groomed. Some need to groom theirs too. Make it look cute, put a design on it!
    • Blondie  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Shaved and Proud! ~ from the Blondehairlesswombat
    • Chris and Talia  •  4 years 2 months ago
      /agree on this one, the real point is not a pro-hair removal argument, it's about the choice. choosing to shave or wax or let it all grow out is for every woman to decide for herself.
    • MISS MISTY  •  4 years 2 months ago
      i say its our bodies and we can do what ever the hell we want!!!!! i think what ever makes you as a person feel good, DO THAT!!!!!!!!
    • Moi  •  4 years 2 months ago
      I wax and don't have any issues with it. He prefers it that way, which is no big deal to me. I thought it was weird at first, but after the first time I realized it is soooo much better! Seriously, it feels so good once it is done. He can't stop touching. I love it!
    • i can't find myself  •  4 years 2 months ago
      WOW, I AM ON THE SIDE OF THE WRITER OF THIS ARTICULE DEAL WITH YOUR OWN VAGINA YOUR OWN WAY.A BIG OLD HAIRY ONE ISN'T FOR ME NETHERIS A BOLD SHINY ONE MINE IS WAXED TO A NEAT LITTLE LINE BECAUSE I AM SURE YOU ALL NEEDED TO KNOW THAT! OUR LIVES AS WOMEN CONSIST OF CHILDREN, JOBS. WATCHING HORRIFIC NEWS EVENTS NOT JUST ABOUT OUR BIKINI AREA
    • instrumentjamlord  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Men are visual creatures (just in case that hasn't been mentioned eight trillion times recently); and arousal is not a rational process. Expecting someone's sexual reactions to be logical and consistent is like expecting the wind to blow on command.

      That said, bottom line (pun intended) is that it's your body, your comfort, your preferences, therefore your choice. Anybody telling you you should shave or shouldn't shave based on overarching social principles like patriarchy (*rolls eyes*) is sticking their noses into your personal business. The only thing that matters is your choice and your personal comfort.

      (And to a slightly lesser extent, the comfort and pleasure of your partner. If you hate shaving and he hates gagging on stray hairs, you're kind of at a stalemate. You shouldn't be forced to shave if you don't want it, but by the same token he isn't in the wrong for resisting pleasuring you in that way. Partnership does imply taking both partners' feelings into account.)
    • Ally  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Y DOES it matter to anyone else eccept the person that is getting the wax? Who can criticize u 4 lookin good and not having hair in places that u don't want peeps to know that u have? So wat... u wanna look hot on the beach? CRY ME A RIVER!!!!!!!!!!
    • Geozzz  •  4 years 2 months ago
      You see comfort but most men want women to be hairless from the neck down. Just another act of subjugation, making women feel and act like little girls so they can feel superior and "keep you in line". I say let it grow and let them deal with it!!!
    • Sam  •  4 years 2 months ago
      The more & more I think about it, it's really nobody's business except the woman and her partner. No matter if the woman likes to be bare, semi bare, neat and trim, or have a jungle it's all good. Cause once again, it's nobody else's business but that particular couple!
    • Italian K  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Why does it even matter? I prefer to keep mine neat and bare also. Makes me NO less of a woman (though I have guy friends that have told me they prefer the "landing strip" so they don't feel like they are with a child, which I thought kind of an odd thing to say to start with). It's just cleaner in the long run. I like it like that and I do it FOR ME. Sheesh.......don't those women have anything else to do but bring other women down with their catty remarks?
    • Tammy  •  4 years 1 month ago
      I've had it done once. I found it to be somewhat uncomfortable. But it was well worth it. My husband had a field day.........yeah me :-)

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