Introduction
In the United States we
tend to think that women should shave their underarm
and leg hair off. We think it looks better, sexier,
and that it is in some way more hygienic (although we
don't think the same for men). However, much of the
world does not expect women to shave their body hair,
and even in the United States of the past, women
didn't. Think of women in pioneer days, for example!
But with a cheap water supply, and lots of different
kinds of razors coming on the market for women,
people's attitudes have changed, and now many, if not
most, U.S. Americans are shocked to see women with
underarm or leg hair in the U.S. Not so in
Germany.
Shaving and Women's Leg and
Underarm Hair