subject: Deciphering Women And Hair Removal [print this page] Through the years, women have always been willing to undergo the torture-like pain of hair removal. They patiently pull out one strand after one painful strand of eyebrow hair just to achieve that carefully perfect arch. They waxwith most determinationtheir legs, armpits, and bikini area to achieve that smooth skin desired by many. They do these hair removal rituals so regularly they are practically immune to the pain. Men would have cringed at the very thought of pulling a large amount of their leg hair at the same time or plucking their eyebrow hair one by one. Given the extent of womens tolerance to this physical infliction, I believe it is safe to say that the lot of them are masochists.
Its dumb to ask, why do women do this to themselves? As we are well aware of, hair removal has become a normnot only in our modern-day generation, but also in the years way before our own. Women have always kept that desperate urge to be accepted. Dont get me wrong. The need for acceptance is a basic human necessity. However, women desire this more than others. This, along with factors such as insecurity, jealousy, and self-worth, among others drive women to faithfully embrace hair removal as a ritual.
Society plays a major role in all this. And the one big tool powering its dominance is advertising. Need I explain further? Well, if you insist on receiving an explanation, you only have to look at magazines and watch the television to understand my reference. Since time immemorial, it has always been society over individual. You deviate from society, and youre as good as a shunned leper. Okay, maybe thats too harsh. You can be a hermit instead. But the idea is still the same. You will be frowned upon, sneered at, and discriminated.
Imagine a woman doing just that, deviating from the stereotype of how a woman should be. Most likely, she wears no bra, and she sports unshaved armpits and legs. Will she be applauded for standing up for her convictions? Maybe. Will she be laughed at? Definitely.
Most women are unconsciously desperate. And it all boils down to acceptance. Some may reason out that they do hair removal for their own comfort, stressing that body hair bring unnecessary distress. Some may say that they only do it because everybody is doing it. And some just want to be beautiful.
Hair removal is not only part of womens morning routine. Its part of their lifestyle. This is one of those things that once youve started doing it, it wont go out of your systemjust like biking, manicure and pedicure, swimming, or even weed addiction. You can strike out that last one. No matter how tiring it is or no matter how long the process will take, you will still do it because it feels like something is missing if you dont. Hair removal will continue to be part of womens lives. Good thing society formulated new ways to complete the process with lesser pain possible. Women are said to be more resistant to pain, but these new technologies still inspire collective sighs of relief.
