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Recently, Cosmo had an article about Brazilian waxes, and how they're Empowering! And Everyone's Doing Them! And how they're Changing the World! And then Jezebel produced a post about that very terrible article, which has spawned a 300-count-and-growing comment thread that is mostly about how disgusting it is to remove your pubic hair; that they, the commenters, are Real Women and Women Have Hair; that to remove that hair is to Give in to the Patriarchy and Look Prepubescent--and generally, I want to say screw you.
My vagina, bereft of hair, remains a woman's vagina because holy crap! I'm a woman! It is also a lot easier to deal with and neater during my period, far more, way more, so ridiculously more sensitive during oral sex, and I know for a fact that sometimes a faceful of wet hair is not the most pleasant sensation in the world--I am nothing if not polite. Why is it a problem that I want to wax? It doesn't hurt as much as everyone swears it does, I have the money for it, I am not doing it because it is hip, I am not an idiot who is doing it because Cosmopolitan magazine tells me that I have to if I want to be a real woman, a wreck who thinks my body is disgusting and needs to be fixed, a weakling who goes bare because my man tells me I better or I'm not getting any because that's the way vaginas in porn movies look. I do it because I want to do it. I like it. I do not think your pubic hair is a problem--why is my lack a problem? I am as confused by the women in the gym, as one Jezebel commenter recounts, who criticize other women for having full and luxurious mounds of pubic hair as I am by the women who say that waxing is disgusting and wrong. What the hell, people? Which wave of feminism is it that talks about our right to make informed, well-thought-out decisions about our bodies? Because that's the one I want to be a part of. That's the one I want to bring back, the one where you say "My Body, My Choice," full stop, without going on to suggest that your body is wrong. Where women stop undermining each other over stupid crap, stop assuming that all women are the kinds of idiots who listen to women's magazines and base all their choices on their dictates, and start worrying about the important things. Like not the state of my vagina. 9 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Amen!
What I object to most is the fact that we as women are using our precious time and energy arguing about public hair and not using that energy to smash the patriarchy!
Righteous, my sister!
amen, nina.
signed,
Baldie
Hm-I don't normally read Jezebel, but I went over and read the post and its whole comment thread because your post made me curious. I don't think your summary of it is correct or doing justice to a relatively nuanced (and pretty hilarious!) comment thread.
From my vantage point, it looks like you have an unnecessary desire to grind an ax with them. You might want to re-read the thread while trying to be less defensive about it.
while I'm not going to say anything about the Jezebel comments, which I haven't read, I have to say, telling people to consider who/what is suggesting/pushing/advocating/has a stake in your choices is not the same thing as making a bikini wax a crime.
It wasn't my intention to suggest that waxing was being considered a crime--that is simplifying my argument a little too much. The title was an editorial change, for search engine purposes. I've appealed.
Hear, hear. I keep myself bare for a variety of reasons, but really, the simple fact that I .want. to is all that matters. My twat, my business.
I could not agree with your Paragraphs 3 & 4 any more than I do right now! I have read this entry without reading any preceding/related entries, so I am basing my comments only on this entry and don't care if you have an ax to grind. All I care to say here is that Paragraphs 3 & 4 completely speak for me as well. And ultimately, if you do not like the idea of brazilian waxing, then fine! Don't do it. I don't care of you like your pubic hair too much to remove it. But for chrissake, mind your own FREAKIN' business and don't judge me because I'd rather get rid of mine! I do it for ME! Not anyone else!!!!!
And no, it DOESN'T hurt THAT much!!!!!!