Hairy armpits and hairy legs: what’s the big deal?
The photos are pictures of actress, comedienne Mo’Nique and the other is supposedly someone, a young lady from a MySpace page. Both photos were spotted and mocked on other websites, for the God given hair one has on her legs and the other, her underarms.
This might be too much information, but I will put it this way, in general, I let all of my hair grow. I never shave my legs and could care less what someone thinks. I don’t have woolly mammoth legs so that could be a factor also, but I shave the hair under my arms only when I think it is too long, the outdoor temperatures are too hot or I begin to perspire enough. In addition, I don’t let it get long enough to braid…lol. But it is a personal choice. I shave, but I don’t shave due to any outside pressure. If I wear a tank top and have ¼ inch of hair under my arms (which I do right now, and just showered) and someone doesn’t like: Too Bad.
I did not know anything about shaving nor ever heard about shaving until I reached high school, and this is when I would hear fellow students grossed out over the sight of someone’s armpits. I think it is silly. This is the hair God gave us, and if someone does not want to trim or shave that is her perogative.
When I was young, pre-junior days I grew up in a mostly black community and I don’t’ remember shaving being an issue at all. Everyday, you could see someone who had hair under the armpits or on the legs, and I NEVER heard anyone being mocked or anyone uttering any ill feelings behind anyone’s back, back then. Is not shaving an old fashioned or traditional thing? Is this a white thing? I know there are plenty of black people who shave religiously, but growing up partly, in a predominately black neighborhood, I have seen plenty of hairy armpits and did not observe the fuss, until I went to a mostly white high school. Good hygiene is more important. I think people are making a big deal out of nothing. This is my experience.
If you shave routinely, is it because you are worried about what others will think if they see some stubble or new growth?
good for you! dont shave! i dont either and i have very hairy armpits. but you know what? God did give us this, and if people dont like it, fine. HAIRY ARMPITS FOREVER!
"HAIRY ARMPITS FOREVER!"
LOL...okay anonymous, you sound a little overly enthused... I am not trying to start "The Hairy Armpits Association of America." I was just making a passing point, after seeing the third post in the past year picking on Mo'Nique's legs. There is no shame in her game.