Back before modern conveniences like showers, shaving body hair may have been considered a way to reduce odors, infections, and pests. Now, however, whether or not to shave one’s body hair is purely an aesthetic choice, and one some are starting to examine more closely. This is because
even though all genders have body hair, only women are pressured to shave theirs off. A shaved body has been the ideal of feminine beauty for decades, but that doesn’t make it healthy, or—mind-blowing thought—the most beautiful way to upkeep our bodies. We’ll examine the ways in which giving up the razor under your arms is a surprisingly sound choice.
