Why shave your legs? Older men love it and younger ones hate it?

Question

I am a 29 year old black female. Everyone in my family has long hair. We are part indian and part creole. I noticed everyone has hair on there legs also. It lays down but its not so long or thick where you look like a gorilla. I have noticed the older male friends in my life love the hair on my legs but the younger ones always say I need to shave. Why is that?

Answer 1

For women, the practice of shaving the legs derives from a current cultural standard in the West that deems leg hair on women unattractive. This standard emerged during the twentieth century, at a time when women's legs became more visible, and when the safety razor made the practice of leg shaving practical. The reasons for this cultural standard are debated, but this is sometimes seen as an example of a cultural mechanism for increasing sexual dimorphism. Others have suggested that it was promoted as a means of selling razors to a broader segment of the populace.

Depending on the amount of hair on their legs or the amount of the woman's patience, some women may only shave the hair below the knee, while others shave the entire leg. The frequency of shaving also varies from individual to individual. Some shave as often as every day, and others may not bother to shave at all during winter months when their legs aren't visible to the public. In general, younger women tend to shave more frequently than older women. Women who shave their legs typically do so either while bathing or showering.

Some women, despite the social pressure for hairless legs in certain Western countries, simply never shave at all. While some refrain out of laziness or lack of concern, others do so in protest of what they consider an unnatural and repressive societal double-standard. Still others refrain in an effort to be less environmentally wasteful. Research also suggests that women who do not shave their body hair are "characterized by higher global self-esteem." [1] Scholars suggest that this is because women with lower levels of self-esteem are less likely to be satisfied with their natural bodies, and thus more likely to alter them. [2]

Most women usually begin the practice at some point during their adolescence. It can serve as an unofficial "rite of passage" into womanhood in some countries.

Special razors, somewhat different in shape from razors aimed at men who shave their faces, are often marketed at women. Advertising campaigns promote hair removal products, which, when applied to the woman's legs, allegedly will make them "sexy" or "silky smooth".

Answer 2

Why do 70's / 80's playboys show women with lots of bush while modern playboys show women shaved bare?

It's just the style preferences of the time. Younger guys were raised looking at smooth women; everything shaved. Older guys were raised in a time when body hair was sexy.

Leg hair has usually been a universal "turn off" for men in general. But, some women get away with leg hair if it's fine or hard to notice.

You may run across some guys that like leg hair. You'll run across some that don't.

Recommendation ... do whatever your current guy likes. If he likes you shaved, shave it. If not, let it grow. As long as you don't look like a "gorrilla" as you said when you wear dresses with bare legs. (Saw a black chick like that at the grocery store one day. At first I thought her legs were all bruised up. Then I got closer and noticed it was leg hair that hadn't been shaved in... ever. I almost lost my lunch.)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

culture is changing all the time.
traditionally white people were more into shaving legs (women).
my guess is that the younger guys in your family
have merged more into the predominant culture.
i don't think you should shave. be your natural beautiful self.
like your mom, grandma, etc before you.

Answer 5

shaving is just a part of being a women, some cultures don't do it because its "natural" but do it because you can shave now and the young men will like it and then when you get old you won't have to ask much, but i would still recommend it

Answer 6

Do what you prefer. If you like to be natural, then don't shave. If you prefer shaven skin, do that. However, be aware that once you start you have to keep it up and do it often, otherwise you have "stubble" like men get "5 o'clock shadow" when their beards grow out EVERY DAY.

Answer 7

Because times are changing. But to be honest I've never met a man who likes hairy legs.

Answer 8

I have never dated any guy who likes unshaved legs. Dont listen to those older men, their loosing their minds... you should definitely shave your legs!

Answer 9

It's just how you're raised, some guys love a woman to be "natural" and others don't. That's why I do what I want to do and, yes, I shave. I prefer no hair.

Answer 10

because they are so used to seeing girls with shave there legs that its kinda weird to see some girl who doesn't they might think it make's you more like a man...