Woman embraces her body hair for an important reason

“I was taught that I had to shave simply because I was a woman, and I never questioned it.”

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- I was taught that I had to shave simply because I was a woman. And I never questioned it. I just hated it. I hated shaving. I hated getting ingrown hair. I hated that after two days, my hair would grow back. And over time, I kind of realized that, why am I doing this?

Humans also have body hair, and that's something that should be shared. And we shouldn't hide that. We shouldn't pretend that we're perfect or we need to look a certain way-- because, in fact, we just naturally grow body hair, some more than others. And that shouldn't be something we're ashamed of.