Where did women get their hair removal from?

Nowadays - and especially for women - keeping parts of the body free of hair is no longer a simple custom, but a matter of personal care and hygiene. After all, who likes to see girls with armpits and hairy legs parading around?

However, this habit did not emerge in the stone age and the folks at mental_floss published an interesting article about the origins and motives that led women to adopt the hair removal ritual. According to the publication, at least for American women there was never a need to shave their armpits until the year 1915, as these areas of the body were constantly hidden under the clothes.

However, a new type of clothing became fashionable, the sleeveless dress, and trade magazines decreed that in order to wear it elegantly and properly, it was necessary to remove unwanted hair. The custom eventually took hold, and as early as the 1920s, having hairy armpits was something totally demodé .

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As with underarms, which began to be shaved more for fashion rather than hygiene, leg hair came in for blades in the 1940s, when skirts and dresses began to become shorter and shorter. larger area of ​​the body became exposed. In addition, silk socks have also become more transparent, making unwanted hair more prominent.

Already the custom of removing hair from more hidden regions has existed for hundreds of years, and is part of a culture known for over-reserved behavior. Thus, it was not the Brazilian or the most exhibitionist who invented the groin fashion, but the Muslim.

In much of the Middle East and North Africa, Muslim women who are about to get married have the habit of shaving their whole body and, after the wedding night, many end up with their "hairstyle" for aesthetic reasons.