Spicy Girl Talk on Yik Yak | I wish I could say on Twitter that I prefer shaving my coochie without a bunch of women telling me I’m anti-feminist and setting the movement back Nuh uh, YOURE setting the movement back by literally controlling what other girls do with their bodies!!!!!

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Spicy Girl Talk 20w

I wish I could say on Twitter that I prefer shaving my coochie without a bunch of women telling me I’m anti-feminist and setting the movement back Nuh uh, YOURE setting the movement back by literally controlling what other girls do with their bodies!!!!!

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Anonymous 20w

And for the record I’m not saying that shaving or not shaving is better in any way. Everyone should be able to do what they want with their body!!!!!

Anonymous 20w

it’s so person to person dependent. me? havent shaved my legs in over 3 years and prefer my cooch with some fuzz. i had a phase where i used to shave non stop and understood the appeal back then too. it’s literally based in nothing but preference. #DOWHATYOUWANT

Anonymous 20w

This 😭

Anonymous 20w

I totally agree like if u don’t wanna shave go ahead but I think it’s so uncomfortable to have too much hair down there 😭it starts poking through ur underwear and shit 💔💔

Anonymous 20w

well its not anti feminist or setting the movement back or anything but the act of shaving isn’t feminist. they’re wrong for getting in your face about it when you aren’t claiming you’re the ultimate feminist by shaving, tell them to kiss yo ass 😭

Anonymous 20w

yuppp like I get famous women infantilizing themselves can be harmful but this is a personal decision abt our own bodies sometimes hair don’t feel good everywhere 😭

Anonymous 19w

Tbh if someone’s gonna advocate for pro-hair id much rather them tell abt how it’s healthier to not shave instead of immediately jumping to its “anti-feminist” to shave 😭

Anonymous 20w

I just really hate how if I say a personal preference for my body, people assume the worst in me. I’d have to put an obligatory “not saying x is bad, it’s just what I like to do with MY body”

Anonymous 20w

I hate the “feminists” who go online and preach about how bushes are natural and therefore better than bare skin, talking about people who like to shave like us doing that means everyone else has to… and also the people who take it even further and shame people who don’t have the “correct” type of pubic hair

Anonymous 19w

fr, i like her bald

Anonymous 20w

Theres nothin like being aerodynamic 😮‍💨

Anonymous 20w

Feminism allows women to make whatever choices they want to make. Not every choice is a feminist one, but everyone should be able to live how they want. Also, no one person can “set feminism back” or even move it forward. All of us make choices that adhere to patriarchal norms (I wear makeup, want a good body, etc) but I’m aware of it. Do whatever you want because it’s YOUR life, but don’t forget.

Anonymous 20w

There are always gonna people on either side of it that use whatever excuse they can to argue people should do what they personally want people to do

Anonymous 19w

if u were living thru a zombie apocalypse, fighting for your life everyday, no men in sight, but you had access to a razor, would you still shave?

Anonymous 19w

YESSSS LIKE THE WHOLE POINT IS DOING WHAT YOU WANNA DO AND HAVING THAT CHOICE! Also I mean I just got sick of my bush tbhh

Anonymous 19w

It’s a chooooiiiiiiccccceeee that’s the pooooooiiiiiinnntttttt

Anonymous

#2 20w

YOU GET IT!!!!!

Anonymous

#2 20w

Like for me it’s entirely a sensory/comfort thing, but some people are more comfortable with the bush!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

OP 20w

that’s actually the same reason i *prefer* hair LMAO. we’re on the same wavelength but at different ends 😌

Anonymous

#6 20w

REALL U GET ITTT WHEN IT POKES THROUGH 😭

Anonymous

#5 20w

I really wish that shaving wasn’t associated with infantilism 😭 men suck

Anonymous

#2 20w

LOL!!!!!

Anonymous

#7 20w

I know literally disgusting it shouldn’t be on us to control how men perceive us, shaving should NOT be sexualized and neither should letting it grow out be perceived as gross!!

Anonymous

#14 20w

Like I didn’t know until recently but apparently a lot of women look down on people with straight pubes? Saying curly is the right kind of bush and anything else is gross? Gave me a whole new insecurity, can’t win if I shave and can’t win if I don’t

Anonymous

#15 19w

Yes, of course lol

Anonymous

OP 19w

would you shave the rest of ur body too?

Anonymous

#1 19w

I think ppl forget that the whole point of feminism is that women have a CHOICE to bodily autonomy

Anonymous

#15 19w

Personally, I know you didn’t ask me, but personally, it’s just sensory overload to be super hairy down there, so yes I’d shave my 🐱 regularly and I’d shave my legs and pits occasionally because too much hair is sensory overload for me

Anonymous

#15 19w

This is completely different though. This leaves out a lot of factors. Like the depression I’d feel from the end of the world and constant helplessness. I probably wouldn’t shave, but not because of the lack of men.

Anonymous

#21 19w

yeah i dont think its the presence of men that make women do it, it think its the internal wanting to adhere to that social standard, combined with the discomfort everyone gets when its first growing back in, and maybe the habit of it all. im just hesitant to believe the sensory argument because men dont seem to have that sensory issue as much, and i have diagnosed sensory issues (most of which involving skin/ texture) but i dont mind cause im used to it

Anonymous

#15 19w

I actually shave my legs for sensory reasons. I am autistic. I can’t explain the men doing it less, maybe they force themselves to get over it due to society pressure. All I know is everyone’s sensory issues are different, and if I don’t shave my legs I feel like ants are crawling all over me.

Anonymous

#21 19w

did you feel this way when you were a kid too?

Anonymous

#15 19w

Sometimes, it wasn’t as bad as when i became an adult. My mom didn’t let me shave until i reached a certain age so one way or another i had to tune it out anyway. But it did become much worse after certain illnesses I had.

Anonymous

#6 19w

I wanna be smooth down there so bad, but it feels so uncomfy when it starts growing back all stubbly and scratchy and then I regret shaving it (but it does looks good I fear)

Anonymous

#23 19w

noones saying its anti feminist. ppl are saying your reasonings for wanting to shave, and rooted in patriarchy. women didnt shave their legs or any part of their body til world war either 1 or 2, when theGillete razor company lost sales cause the men went to war, and women didnt shave, so they ran this hate campaign against women to convince them to shave. they started by saying it was a new trend in europe (it wasnt)

Anonymous

#15 19w

they used predatory language, and convinced women to start shaving more and more of their bodies. it worked amazing for Gillette, but now people think its gross not to (like the ads used to tell us) and that its natural for women to be hairless. i mean shit, whens the last time you saw body hair on a woman in a razor ad or even a “realistic” apocalypse movie were at the point where people find it so disgusting to see hair on women that they lose the authenticity of their shows/movies

Anonymous

#15 19w

im an advertising major and they taught us about this kind of ad, they use specific language to make the viewer think “wait i should be embarrassed by this? let me buy this product so i don’t have to be” i still shave but eventually we need to change the culture around this we should be able to see body hair on women in shows/movies/ads without it being gross and we shouldnt have to shave our whole bodies for the rest of our lives and for every women that comes after us

Anonymous

#15 19w

You say that no one’s saying it’s anti feminist but there are people saying it’s anti feminist, I have friends who have said that. Is that the stance of feminist scholars? No, but it is the stance of some regular women And there was an advertising telling women our underarm hair was offensive back in 1908, and was extended to leg hair in the 1920, it wasn’t about razors but the propaganda started well before WWII, with some negative associations with female body hair going back to the 1870s