To shave or not to shave down there? I won't let porn trends decide | Alex MK

The resurgence of female pubic hair in porn has nothing to do with feminism, but with fashion and profit

I remember biking to the Korean nail salon every three weeks in high school so that a woman could sear off my film of mustache and thick eyebrows, chastising me if I waited too long. “So bad, so bad.” About as sexually active as a cloistered nun, I didn’t think to wax my legs or bikini area, letting the hair there grow wild and free, but I had been bullied before about my facial hair in gym class by some boys and wasn’t going to take the risk. Their teasing made me feel bestial. I didn’t feel like a normal human, let alone a normal woman.

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