I hate shaving. I feel like im trying to be perfect for nothing. I am thirteen, and I do not care. Either way, I hate swimming in public because I feel self-conscious as is. And, I hate shorts. I HATE the feeling of my ankles being bare, and i just wear pants. In the summer, I just wear thin pants. I figure, if I hate wearing shorts, why should I? and if I dont show my legs, why should I shave? It doesnt matter to me and I’m proud of it . 11 months ago
How I did it: I started this in summer. I went swimming a couple times which was really scary, but I was proud that I did it. Now it's Winter which makes it way easier. I'm still really self-conscious about it which sucks. I'm always debating whether or not I should just start shaving again. I always feel like I have way more hair than other women who don't shave which makes it even harder! I will keep trying! Read how I did it… 13 months ago
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Getting odd looks from my coworkers but no one’s been outright mean about it. 17 months ago
Like the other women I’ve read about, after shaving since I was a teenager I just came to the conclusion there was no point.
I spent 3 months on a yurt camp in the middle of nowhere helping on the land and looking after the animals, the people I stayed with were striving for self sufficiency.
In that sort of environment you realise that none of the beauty regimes women do are important, I stopped wearing makeup and shaving. Its been 6 months I feel great this is me no pretences.
Even though I have fairly open minded friends a few of them are horrified I don’t shave anymore as summer is looming and my armpits are exposed they will have to get used to it.
I’d just like to say anyone who’s thinking about stopping or have stopped shaving, waxing etc. That’s excellent! Don’t let anyone make you feel bad about it if it wasn’t for the media and advertising women in America and England would’nt be so paranoid about the hair on their bodies. 21 months ago
I was discussing with a “friend” today about piercings and tattoo’s and what we both wantted and have and everything. I do not currenty have any tattoo’s but am looking into getting one within the next couple of months. One tattoo I want will be on my foot around my ankle and I was showing her exactly where so I lifted up my foot and pants leg and she nearly hits the ceiling.
“Do you not shave!?”
“Uh…no.”
“OMG, THAT IS SO GROSS.”
“Uh…what?”
And she continues on how I have more leg hair then her brother and how disgusting it is and just goes on and on. I am sitting there thinking uh…thanks? But I do not need your approval. And she starts asking why? and I was bewildered how offensive she made it seem that I do not shave. In the past month or so that I have stopped shaving I have gotten some odd looks and people inquirying about it but I have never gotten a reaction such as that.
I am not sure if I should be offended or be more proud of my decision to not shave. Now that it is getting warmer I have felt some kind of shame with my arm pits but I have been fairly open about not shaving my legs and now that I do not shave everyone has a particular interest in my “private area”. And no one wants to come out and realy ask but they are elude to the question of “Do you not shave down there?” Not in my entire life have I been asked that question but now that I do not shave it is everyone’s business as to what I do with my crotch.
And now I guess it is my “friends” business what I do with my body hair. Why do other women find other women who do not shave as so disgusting? 21 months ago
I started shaving as I begun puberty, at age ten, not because I was directly told so but just what I knew was expected of it. I quickly became very disgusted with any body hair and until now I shaved my legs, armpits, arms and as much as my private area as my sensitive skin could handle. Unfortunately my hair grows very fast, except on my arms, so to really keep up with expectations I almost have to shave every day. To make it worse I have neurological problems where having hair on my legs that is longer then stubble really really irritates me when I wear jeans. But I have gotten to a point where my skin is getting so irritated every time I shave I am itching so much I start to make myself bleed. Also it is just so inconvenient, I use to have some major issues with my eyebrows which I think are way to thick. I got so upset with it one day I just about shaved them off but finally did just say to myself it is better to just let them do whatever they want and just accept it. I simply do not want to be wasting my time with keep up with shaving them, why should my legs or arm pits be any different?
So while watching a movie about America’s obsession about beauty I picked up my laptop and googled: how to stop shaving. Poof, this website came up and now here I am. I know I am going to be really insecure about it at first because I already suffer from a lot of self esteem problems but the itching and razor burn and bumps also makes me more insecure so I would rather just learn to listen to my body and love my body as it is suppose to be. I am scared though, really scared. 23 months ago
How I did it: It started only with a vague idea: grooming is unpleasant. At the time, I was conducting my daily eyebrow tweeze clean-up, when suddenly the question "Why am I hurting my face?" popped into my head. I couldn't think of a reasonable answer. Why did I groom at all? Everyone I interact with reacts to my character, to my personality, to my kindness and to my attitude. Why did I think that my appearance should "sway" them to think something else about me? And what would they think? That, can you believe it, I have HAIR? But wait a minute. Everyone has hair. More importantly, I have hair. And to express disgust about an aspect of my body so much so that I would spend hours of my life destroying said hair seemed wrong. I wanted to love myself. And loving myself meant loving my hair.
So the razors were chucked. The tweezers went into the bathroom drawer. And what replaced that part of my life? Self worth like you wouldn't believe. If I had known how attractive I'd feel going natural, I would have never spent all that time shaving and tweezing thinking it was making me "sexy." I wish 12 year-old me felt so good about herself that she wouldn't have started shaving, but it's never too late to stop. Sexy is being who you are. Sexy is being real...even if it's real hairy.
Read how I did it… 3 years ago
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Society programmed people to believe their body hair is unattractive. Sadly, “Shavers” don’t recognize that shaving is a form of self-hate. Hair comes standard in every model. Stop shaving! You’ll love yourself even more. 3 years ago
A while ago I became a ‘stereotypical feminist’ and stopped shaving armpits, legs, and everything else you can think of (besides my head, which is currently back to being shaved).
I can’t see why we have such a cultural norm to be ‘attractive by shaving’- i have no bumps, no cuts, no hassles (my showers take an average of 3 minutes). I’ve found that men AND women find me more attractive and interesting because of the fact I don’t shave? (The kind I’m trying to attract at least…) Strange but true.
Hair is natural… or as Alix Olsen puts it, “mammally factual”. 3 years ago
