If its functional why do most women shave it off? And why is it considered gross if a woman doesn't have smooth underarms?
2006-07-28 21:14:01 · 9 answers · asked by ilovemondays321 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
The armpit is close to some rather large blood vessels, I believe. One may take one's temperature by putting the thermometer into the armpit and closing one's arm over it.
I think it used to be necessary because it helped keep body temperature up in winter. Now, we don't really need it. It's just vestigial hair.
It's considered gross because people have been conditioned to think that. Women shaving their body hair has a long history, but it didn't become universal until recently. In the early 20th century, the Gillette company and other razor manufacturers, in an effort to double their sales, published advertisements of women without armpit or leg hair. This came about then because shorter hems and sleeves were becoming 'OK' in society. Previous to that, few women would waste the time to shave their armpit or leg hair.
So, wanting to be trendy, women started to shave their hair off. Eventually most women did this and snubbed women who didn't (still do).
I think it's a pain (sometimes literally!) to shave, so I don't. My husband has gotten over it and still wants to make love with me, so it's not bad at all!
2006-07-28 21:21:33 · answer #1 · answered by RQ1227 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To shave or not to shave, that is a decision which people base not on practicality but on aesthetics, aesthetics in turn are based upon the culture you live in.
2006-07-28 21:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by Frax 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Armpit hair traps sweat, bacteria, and pheromones, women shave it because it stinks. Have you ever noticed men have a stronger smell? Pheromones attract mates. Most women don't want to smell like men, because it attracts women.
2006-07-28 21:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by tumadre 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It soaks up your perspiration and retains your unique scent.
2006-07-28 21:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armpit_hair
read this
i personally think it's ok for women to have uder arm hair
2006-08-01 03:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess it keeps us warm in the winter?!
2006-07-28 21:38:15 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Hánnàh♥ [Hysteria] 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
soaks perspiration's and keeps dust and other harmful stuff at bay.
2006-07-28 21:24:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
shave it off if you dont like it
2006-07-28 21:17:58 · answer #8 · answered by james_2008 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It's function is to annoy us. Like periods. And men.
2006-07-28 21:41:17 · answer #9 · answered by Fairy Jo 2 · 5⤊ 5⤋