Women
Gen Z Gals Are Embracing Their Body Hair To Normalize It
“I’m not willing to shave. This is part of my brand.”
The Gen Z women are seeing the silver lining of this pandemic, and that is the opportunity to show off their hair. It’s an uprising after decades of being convinced that they’re only beautiful and loved when they’re smooth after shaving.
Social media stars and models are taking their stance and willing to forgo gigs if that means they could make their point and remain “sexy” in the body that they love.
London model Virali Patel went for five full-body laser hair removal sessions five years ago. She’s done with it.
After twenty years of hating herself for looking like a boy, Patel finally let it go. She said, “I feel a lot of women are tired of changing themselves in order to fit in society’s definition of beautiful. We’ve been conditioned to believe smooth skin is sexy, and having hair makes us look ‘manly’ and unworthy of love — which just isn’t true.”
Sex worker and New York author Liara Roux knew the power she had on other women with her pictures.
The 32-year-old shared, “I’ve had some people tell me that they decided to start growing out their body hair after they saw me with it.”
“Because it’s just my job to be naked online and be hot, it sort of gives other people permission to do that … It’s easier for people to be like, ‘Oh, you can still be very attractive to people.’”
Elyanna Banes Sanchez modeled for Calvin Klein in a 2019 ad for their underwear. Her underarms were clearly seen.
Business continues on as usual even when she stops shaving (because she didn’t really think about it!) She shared, “People never cared if I shaved. It just felt normal [to have body hair].”
But that doesn’t mean not a single soul made a comment about her. She saw some “hypocritical” comments and recalled, “People say, ‘Can you use real models?’” Yet, at the same time, they want more of your average-looking person.
Sydney Jordan is another model who got affected after she let her underarm bush grow.
Despite the offers, she stands by not shaving for those gigs. The 25-year-old was told that what she has is not “industry standard.” She shared, “I’m not willing to shave. This is part of my brand.”
“I’m trying to normalize this.”
Many women have flocked to social media in a rage of going against the mistaken ideas implanted by the multibillion business of shaving.
Women also share the drawbacks and danger of constantly using the razors on the armpits, inflicting “open wounds” on themselves.
@hairywombman Why don’t I shave?#fyp #noshaving #norazors #bodyhair #bodyhairpositivity #bodyhairisnatural #bodyhaironwomen #bodyhairsempai original sound – Shonda
Natalia Muchova shares how she also hasn’t been shaving her legs.
@nataliamuchova Guess what? I have hairy legs too! #viralvideo #bodyhair #bodyhairisnatural #bodyhairdoesnotdefinegender ♬ original sound – Natalia Muchova
Some have even shared that men found them more attractive this way!
@hairywombman #bodyhair #negativecommentsmovealong #married #fyp #bodyhairpositivity #bodyhairisnatural #bodyhairdontcare #bodyhaironwomen #bodylove Body Hair – shonda
Chanté Glover, a Brooklyn native, shared that she admittedly felt “pretty alone” when she let her hair grow for the first time.
