Summary
Feminist playwright Eve Ensler doesn't split hairs on the subject in The Vagina Monologues. "I felt little when my hair was gone down there, and I couldn't help talking in a baby voice," says-the character who shaves it all off to try to save her marriage. Ultimately, Ensler delivers an ultimatum for both sexes: "You can't love a vagina unless you love hair."
"This is an old argument, right? If we want to be attractive, are we betraying feminism?" she responds. "If men are telling us that pubic hair is gross or too mature, well that's one issue," [Sandra Langley] explains. "But I think of it more in terms of personal preference, like how we choose to have our hair cut, toes done, jeans fit. I would feel gross if I never washed my hair. I don't wash it for the benefit of the male establishment."I asked a gay male friend what he knew of these matters. "Gay men of all ages, sizes and types are in a veritable craze of 'shaving' their body hair," he reported, noting that on the occasion of his 40th birthday he'd had every hair removed by a Tunisian waxer in Paris. "They want smooth chests and backs, and it's a sure sign that you're out of the loop if you have pubic hair at all -- especially, within that category, any hair on the balls."See the full content of this document
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Shorn Again; Drawing the Bikini Line At...Brazil
Before the Girl from Ipanema went walking, she undoubtedly went waxing. For generations, most Brazilian women have been removing all the hair from their bodies before stepping onto a beach, or into a bedroom.
Nearly two decades ago, seven Brazilian sisters -- Jocely, Jonice, Joyce, Janea, Jussara, Juracy and Judseia -- sought to challenge pubic opinion in New York City with the J. Sisters International Salon. Since then, I hear, a s...See the full content of this document
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