How is growing your armpit hair empowering women?

[Feali]

Can anybody explain this to me?

[Littleraven]

Probably something to do with fighting stereotypes or body image or something like that.

[Macloud]

Probably something to do with fighting stereotypes or body image or something like that.

This mindset sums it up perfectly.

http://36.media.tumblr.com/f47ed460f...jcro1_1280.jpg

[Kalcheus]

Armpit hair is shaved as a way to be more attractive, period. There's no reason to do it otherwise (otherwise men would all do it too). So it's empowering in the sense that not doing means you put your own time/laziness ahead of trying to maintain a societal view of attractiveness.

[-aiko-]

If you grow your armpit hair out you are gross. End of story.

[Deleted]

Supposedly women only clean up because of men. Not shaving their armpit hair is a protest against the patriarchy that forces them to maintain their personal hygiene. Or something along those lines.

[Puupi]

I've once shaved my armpit hair. Never again.

[Independent voter]

You can die it or braid it.



Other than that, IDK.

[the game]

I don't think me growing my arm pit hair is empowering them. I think it has to do with them growing their armpit hair.

[Nnyco]

because tumblr, dont try to find sense, theres none

[babybopAF]

I don't know. But then again I shave/trim my armpit hair... and I'm a guy.

Why do you shave your armpit hair if you are male?

[FuxieDK]

Can anybody explain this to me?

It doesn't!!!!

Women have hair on their head, eye brows, eye lashes and NOWHERE ELSE!!!!!

[Kalcheus]

Why do you shave your armpit hair if you are male?

maybe an athlete? some of them take hair removal seriously.

[Jun]

Everyone's got different tastes in personal aesthetics, which is fine.

Doesn't mean I have to like it.

[Deleted]

I was thinking about shaving my armpit mostly because it has been giving me itches at work when wearing an uniform. Shaved armpits are more attractive on women in most cases...

[Deleted]

Why do you shave your armpit hair if you are male?

Because you need to once in awhile unless you want to smell like cat piss. There's no amount of showering that can get rid of the months worth of built up sweat dried into your armpit hair. Gotta trim once in a while to maintain optimal hygiene.

[Puupi]

The secret is not to shave too closely...

Get one of these:

http://www.philips.com/e/malegroomin...tt2040-32.html

Thanks, but no thanks. I rather be my furry self from now on!

That picture is weird. The guy is wet, in a shower, using that device. His chest is HAIRLESS and arms as hairy as the Turkish pizzaman's have.

[Revi]

From what little I've seen, it's about women shouldn't "feel forced" into doing anything to make themselves more aesthetically pleasing, because that's a way to turn them into objects. On the other hand, you SHOULD find them aesthetically pleasing no matter how they look, or else you're shaming.

It's a difficult subculture to navigate.....

People really ought to do whatever the hell they like without making such a huge deal of it. We don't need articles and news stories on the state of some twitter-users armpit hair. Just don't expect people to find you attractive regardless of what you do with your body.

[Bapestar]

This reminds me of this girl that had a hefty amount of hair under her armpits. This was in 6th grade.

[Feali]

So basically being a woman feminist is about looking like an ugly man? Okay got it.