no one cares that you shave your legs because of sensory issues shut the fuck up forever
really galling amount of people misinterpreting this post so i'd like to clarify. i'm saying that when discussions about patriarchal beauty standards and the way women are heavily shamed and coerced into eschewing their own natural state of being (hairy) are occurring, it is unhelpful (AT BEST) to interrupt and say that the reason YOU remove the hair from your body is because of sensory issues. that's not what we're talking about. stop asking for validation for doing something that society at large wants you to do. stop derailing the conversation because you feel uncomfortable about being made aware that you, for whatever reason it is, adhere to harmful, unfair and ridiculous beauty standards. you're stepping into the middle of an important conversation that needs to be had and making it all about you. shut the fuck up forever.
also quite frankly i think a lot less people would experience sensory issues if they let their hair grow out so that it isn't bristly and rough and irritating. and i cannot help but wonder why these sensory issues aren't as predominant in men. maybe you're uncomfortable with the hair on your body because you've been taught to be uncomfortable with it. just a thought.
as someone who varies between shaving and not shaving my legs I concur that the growing out stage is the fucking worst. (I do regularly shave my armpits bc I can't get past the sensory nightmare of the growing out stage there. c'est la vie.) but like...I do still have sensory issues with the full grown leg hair, as someone with fibromyalgia. possibly the reason it's not as predominant in men is bc chronic pain conditions that may cause the sensory bullshit aren't predominant in men. maybe it's an autism thing but for some reason it doesn't bother autistic men the way it bothers autistic women. maybe men DO experience the sensory nightmare, but patriarchy is killing them from the other angle and they can't even conceive of shaving their legs because men don't do that. and god forbid they admit that their manly leg hair is bothering them. who knows!
but I do think it's a little fucking presumptuous to be telling people that ACTUALLY the sensory issues are all in our heads. what are you, a doctor? are you going to tell us to get some anxiety meds next?
all of what yodepalma said, but also men's pants tend to be looser in the leg and the shirts looser in the armpits. like there's just straight up less rubbing the hair the wrong way triggering noticing the sensation in men's garments.
