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AhhhhKrap asked in Beauty & StyleHair · 1 decade ago

Armpit hair on guys vs.girls?

Why is it totally fine for a guy to have a giant bush and for girls it's completely and utterly nasty and disgusting? What about Hairy legs?

Update:

Going over the answers surprises me how different they are from when I asked a similar question saying that I met a woman who doesn't shave but it doesn't bother me.

95% of the answers were, "Eeew..That's nasty." or "Gross and dirty...", blah blah blah. Oh well...

The question was also in "Dating" instead of "Hair" so maybe the audience is less mature in that section.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It's a cultural thing.

    In the U.S., about 81% of females shave all that. In Europe, it's under or right around 50%. Who knows who thought it would be sexy to rip hair off of your legs, but it happened.

    For the record, I met a girl who didn't shave at all, and I wasn't near as grossed out as I thought I would be.

  • 1 decade ago

    Ideology and culture. It's an adaptation, and also personal preference. Some girls don't want to see any body hair on a man, and some either don't mind, or at least prefer some (although most don't want to date a gorilla lol). And there are even some guys (who would have thought?) that don't mind body hair on a woman. While it's true that some women don't shave at all, I don't think it's only isolated to one specific area of the world.

  • 1 decade ago

    A Hairy Body Is Manly

    That'ss Why Women Dont Look Good (in my opinion)

    With Any Hair On Yhere Body

    (apart from the head oviously lol)

  • 1 decade ago

    My how the times have changed ,our society is shedding hair like crazy a lot of my guy friends have gone from shaving their face to arms,chest,legs,heads and pubic areas.

    In the early 80's you couldn't hardly get a girlfriend to shave that area.

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  • 1 decade ago

    They are the ones who started shaving...and we got spoiled over the generations. They shouldn't have started it...

    Now the same goes with pubes...it ain't attractive to have a huge bush anymore (used to be something noone ever considered nasty)...one day someone decided to trim them and it looked better, and now we expect a trim.

    What's next...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    To the 1st answerer, I live in Europe and excuse me, I am not hairy.

    People say that Europeans are hairy and dirty....that's a lie.

    Think and know before you speak please.

    -Boys-Masculine to have hair

    -Girls-Not feminine to have armpit or leg hair etc.

  • Lucy
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I think it's nasty on a guy, too. The legs don't bother as me much but I don't really enjoy looking at them. I know guys that shave their pits and some that shave their arms and legs, too. Welcome to the world of "metrosexuals".

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    why does every one say its only "our culture"(im asuming american?)

    i live in europe and its not like girls walk around with armpit hair and hairy legs. weeeiird rumours

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't know about everyone else I just don't like armpit hair or hair legs for myself.

  • 1 decade ago

    hm its just been adapted into our culture.

    i guess cause girls are supposed to be neat and clean?

    idk but it feels good right after you shave your legs then put on some silky pj pants :)

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