Fitness Blogger Reveals What Happens When You Don’t Shave Legs And Pits For 1 Year To Promote Natural Beauty

You're kidding yourself if you actually believe that because you're a lesbian you haven't been conditioned to think in a sexist way about women. We live in a patriarchal society and we are bombarded from birth with imagery and opinions of how women should behave and present. I’m lesbian too but I know I have ingrained misogyny and I challenge myself on it constantly.

I don't think being lesbian automatically makes you immune to male influence... Sadly so much of male ideas is so ingrained in our society that you're influenced without knowing it.

Yes you are conditioned by society it is deep in your brain even when you don't think so.

Women are like men we are all hairy ! Hundreds of years ago all human couldnt shave and everyone was hairy all over (yes even the face) its a genuine fact!

"I'm a lesbian, so I haven't been conditioned by men to think any kind of way towards women." This is one of the saddest and funniest things I've read in this thread. Please, tell me you weren't serious in writing this. "But for me personally, one of the things I love about a woman's body is how soft and smooth her skin is. I'm all for equality, but I like that women AREN'T like men, the sense that they shave their bodies. " Say what? So you're saying that you aren't really a lesbian but that you are actually attracted to people who have smooth skin and shave their bodies? Because I hope you understand that if women were really that different from men we wouldn't _need_ to shave our bodies. We wouldn't have that hair in the first place, now would we?

@Shauday oh it does! And I attempted this in the winter months, I can't imagine the summer! And for people who argue "well the hair serves a purpose, it keeps away bacteria yada yada" yeah, it served a purpose in the middles ages, if you live i a developed country where soap and water are readily available, it serves no purpose, and there's no excuse to walk around smelling funky! lol

Amanda Panda, you're lucky! I'm of French extraction and it takes me a lot longer than two minutes once a week to shave! It's every day or it's major stubble.

@Felicia Dale, I guess in that context I am lucky. I'm half Dutch and Half italian, I guess when it came to body hair, I took on the Dutch side, light color, very fine. My sister on the other hand, bless her heart, dark, and coarse.

*begin sarcasm* But she did it because of the smell, that's a completely normal reason to "turn lesbian", didn't you know? I think that's in the official rulebook. You really should go to the meetings more often. *end sarcasm* :) :)

Eyy yo. Just adding my unsolicited two cents, Markus. I was actually wondering as well if it was MTF or FTM. Your user name isn't necessarily indicative of your transitioning experience. "Master Markus" could be a band name for all we know. Pretty sure Amanda isn't a Panda, although I'm not certain :)

I agree that I am a little disappointed in my buy in to hairless = beauty... but I do love when my legs are smooth

I'll happily not shave for a couple of days but it will always get to a point where it really annoys me, not because its ugly but because I like feeling smooth. I'm sure most girls will agree how nice it feels getting into bed with freshly shaved legs haha. As with bikini, I find it extremely uncomfortable to be really hairly - I honestly have no idea how people have the patience. With the girl in the post, I don't have an issue with the hair, at least not armpit - its that the hair looks uneven on the legs that makes it look a bit odd for me