ESCAPE BLOG

After warning women about circumcision facts, Scrivs asked “what should we look out for with the women?” Paul let the cat out of the bag with his “for non-European males hairy armpits can be a shocker. Think French or Greek.”

I feel that it is my obligation to try to write in detail what Paul started. Plus, yeah, it is good blog fodder.

I grew up switching loyalties when it comes to underarm care — shaving, waxing, plucking, etc. Everytime a new product came out, I tried it. As long as it promised to take underarm hair away. And as far as I know, almost everyone did the same. Someone even took the trouble of writing about the practice for women to remove these unwanted underarm hair.

In addition, female underarm hair has always been portrayed by media as scandalous. Heck, it even made the papers (not to mention, wikipedia) when Julia Roberts was caught unshaved.

When I went to Europe, I had to remind myself to close my mouth and not stare whenever I saw women raise their arms and see hair. Lots of hair. Grown freely. Wearing sleeveless shirts.

I cannot seem to find the real background WHY our society “demands” shaved armpits for women. And WHY most European (and Chinese, I found via google) women do not see the need to rid their underarm of hair.

Whatever the reasons are, Scrivs, be warned, there lies the difference… unshaved armpits in Women.