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Female Body Hair

2013/8/30
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Why do so many women feel the need to get rid of their body hair? Why is it fine for a man to sport hairy legs, but unthinkable for most women?

It’s a sensitive subject - touching on ideas about female sexuality and gender politics that stretch back almost to the beginning of time.

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