Negative Media References.
And in this current political climate it's convenient to accuse men for being the cause. Newspapers and magazines feature articles that repeat these myths on a regular basis along with accusations of misogyny and laying the "blame" on men. Check the following articles and see for yourself.
(You can even play "Spot the Myths" while you're at it.)
- According to Cosmopolitan's survey, "57% of women go completely bare." and say that "men just expect women will shave"
- https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a9535211/pubic-hair-removal-trends-stats/
- Varsity carried an article called "How I learned to love my pubes" and that it's "all bound up in shame and misogyny."
- https://www.varsity.co.uk/violet/12242
- The Guardian asks "To shave or not to shave?" but states that "the porn-warped male gaze has influenced our choices."
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/07/porn-pubic-hair-fashionable-pornography-feminism
- The Mic article on the "deeply sexist" history of women's hair-removal says that "women removing their body hair is steeped in misogyny."
- https://mic.com/articles/151191/the-unusual-and-deeply-sexist-history-of-women-removing-their-body-hair
- A different Cosmo survey shows that "half of all young women in the UK are entirely removing their pubic hair." ...because of "expectations from men."
- https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/news/a42147/half-young-women-uk-removing-all-pubic-hair
- The Independent says "Shaved genitals have become the new normal for an entire generation of women." and women's genitals now resemble hairless "man-pleasing Barbies".
- https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-politics-of-pubic-hair-why-is-a-generation-choosing-to-go-bare-down-there-8539673.html
- The online feminist magazine "Byrdie", blames men (of course) but hopes that the feminist movement will bring back the bush and goes on to add.. "...the feminist revolution will find its way into our pubes soon enough."
- https://www.byrdie.co.uk/pubic-hair-styles
- In other news.. the Telegraph newspaper says "a whopping 87% of American women remove their pubic hair."
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11087771/Pubic-hair-8-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-shave.html
Other bizarre suggestions by this article for not going smooth include:
- Pubic hair removal can give you abscesses
- Pubic hair removal is more dangerous for overweight women because their skin is "closer together".
