Women's hairy legs. Do women keep the hair on their legs, in any part of the world? I'm very big on equality, so I've given various subjects a lot of thought. In the west, male advertisers, "marketeers" have changed women from being individuals, in to being "things" that men might desire. I read that the "need" for women to shave their body hair, began around 1915, with marketing campaigns for a product that "soothed shaved skin". (It wouldn't need soothing if you left it alone). The pressure for women to shave their legs came sometime around the 1920s, and apparently was inspired by the U.S. pin-up girl, Betty Grable. Along with make-up, which to me is insulting before you even leave the term (to make up, means to either make friends again after a fight, or to have something be complete again, "give me £9.00 and I'll get the £1.00 from you next week, that'll make up the £10.00 that I loaned you". Ironically "make up" also mean invent, "what should I tell him?" "I don't know just make something up".) So I think the whole thing throws women off balance, psychologically. It definitely makes women less equal and more like acquisitions for men. It makes women doubt themselves and it places their mind in the "I hope I look my best, so people will accept me" range, instead of the, "never you mind what I look like, listen to me because I know what I'm talking about", range. Pubic hair (shockwave gets sent across the earth like a giant tsunami). Pubic hair in men and especially women, wasn't shaved until at least the '80s. There is a theory that men want women to look pre-pubescent, suggesting health, youthfulness, and probably virginity. (Another western sociological issue, where men want to own women, "nobody else can have her, only me"). So what is a woman with hairy legs and no make-up? Apart from natural as "God" intended? Aside from a social reject, she is what she was supposed to be, before men decided to destroy her mind and her self confidence, and strip her of all of her equality. Imagine a world where men have to shave their legs, and wear colours on their face and the women don't. Or any other animal where you shave it's legs because it's of the female gender. I also would think that it would be strange to have a girlfriend with hairy legs, but I'm a product of my society, too. It does seem irrational though, when you think about it. Fashion through the ages, has always looked weird when you look back on it. We have trends and fashions, now. :/