This isn't about pubic hair but visible body hair that could be bared in public-mainly trends in women sporting pit and/or leg hair.
After the 60s/70s when many women such as the hippy & later feminist movements, eschewed any hair removal.
Probably after this visible body hair, other than possibly arms (though some removed this too) on women virtually disappeared from public view with hair shaved, plucked, waxed, etc.
In the last decade or so there has been a small movement of women trying to normalise female body hair, very much assisted by the advent of social media and rightly arguing that to remove or not their hair should be a personal choice, though there is no doubt still strong societal pressures for women to conform to be smooth & hairless.
Quite a few celebrities have in recent years been photographed with in particular pit hair which has helped to "normalise" it. For the first time in the last couple of years razor brands, notably Billie, are using women with actual stubble or hair to shave in their ads. In the old days we had ridiculous images of women shaving already hairless skin, which always seemed bizarre to me, but even the slightest stubble was taboo. Now they are saying remove hair when or where you want but go hairy too if that is your preference.
Instagram, You Tube, etc are awash with young women sporting hairy legs & pits, so to some degree making it more normal.
It was never going to be mainstream but certainly more women, especially younger ones, seem more comfortable with having body hair. The various lockdowns around the world, with salons closed & no socialising , probably encouraged more women to experiment with growing out the hair they had always removed?
As somebody who has always loved seeing a woman in her full natural state, I do wonder whether the hairy movement has peaked?
Though there are still plenty proudly flaunting their fur on the likes of Instagram, I get a feeling the number is slowly falling. A couple of women who spent some time doing media promoting female body hair started removing their pit & leg hair. Also quite a few others retained their pit hair but started shaving their legs again. Whether this is a real trend or just a few individuals changing their grooming habits it's hard to tell, but curious if anyone here has noticed any trends one way or another-if not themselves, maybe family, friends, neighbours, etc.
I'm sure if there were less negativity more women would choose to go natural but are afraid of being judged.
After the 60s/70s when many women such as the hippy & later feminist movements, eschewed any hair removal.
Probably after this visible body hair, other than possibly arms (though some removed this too) on women virtually disappeared from public view with hair shaved, plucked, waxed, etc.
In the last decade or so there has been a small movement of women trying to normalise female body hair, very much assisted by the advent of social media and rightly arguing that to remove or not their hair should be a personal choice, though there is no doubt still strong societal pressures for women to conform to be smooth & hairless.
Quite a few celebrities have in recent years been photographed with in particular pit hair which has helped to "normalise" it. For the first time in the last couple of years razor brands, notably Billie, are using women with actual stubble or hair to shave in their ads. In the old days we had ridiculous images of women shaving already hairless skin, which always seemed bizarre to me, but even the slightest stubble was taboo. Now they are saying remove hair when or where you want but go hairy too if that is your preference.
Instagram, You Tube, etc are awash with young women sporting hairy legs & pits, so to some degree making it more normal.
It was never going to be mainstream but certainly more women, especially younger ones, seem more comfortable with having body hair. The various lockdowns around the world, with salons closed & no socialising , probably encouraged more women to experiment with growing out the hair they had always removed?
As somebody who has always loved seeing a woman in her full natural state, I do wonder whether the hairy movement has peaked?
Though there are still plenty proudly flaunting their fur on the likes of Instagram, I get a feeling the number is slowly falling. A couple of women who spent some time doing media promoting female body hair started removing their pit & leg hair. Also quite a few others retained their pit hair but started shaving their legs again. Whether this is a real trend or just a few individuals changing their grooming habits it's hard to tell, but curious if anyone here has noticed any trends one way or another-if not themselves, maybe family, friends, neighbours, etc.
I'm sure if there were less negativity more women would choose to go natural but are afraid of being judged.
