Women of BuzzFeed discuss hairy pits and bikini-waxing horrors.
Do you get bikini waxes?
"I did it once."
"NEVER THE FUCK AGAIN."
"I did it myself once and I ended up with a bruise on my entire vagina, spreading out on to my thighs."
"Hair would have been better than a bruise."
"Honestly, I just think of all the things I want to spend money on and I can't even put waxing in the top 100."
"I get a professional wax quite often, but it's hard to get past that fact that you're lying spread-legged in front of a stranger."
"And not even in the good way."
"I didn't know where to look, except into her eyes."
"You're like, 'Yes. That is my vagina.'"
"I'd be tempted to ask, 'I know you've seen a lot of vaginas. Can you just confirm, is mine ~normal~?'"
"Once when I was getting a Brazilian, at that part where they make you lie on your front and hold your buttocks apart, the waxer started complimenting my manicure."
"?."
"Whoa, no chat now, please!"
"Do they make you go on all fours and do your bumhole?!"
"What if you fart?"
"That bikini wax I had in August was the first and, I'm pretty sure, last time I will ever wax."
"What a ludicrous thing it is, truly."
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Is shaving your bikini line any better, though?
"I definitely think waxing is preferable to getting shaving rash."
"I merely trim. I hate shaving."
"I don't mind shaving."
"Once after shaving, when I was a teenager, I was wearing a white bikini and all the little hairs poked through like a cactus."
"Hahaha, a very strange cactus."
"No one told me how to deal with body hair."
"Nobody told me either!"
"I once walked in on my mum tweezing her bikini area and assumed that's probably how it's done."
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Do smooth legs feel better than hairy legs?
"When I was a teenager I shaved my legs after a long depressive episode, and I actually felt better somehow."
"I definitely feel like people will think worse of me if they can see my mega-hairy legs."
"I do like the feeling of smooth legs when I shave. I can't lie."
"Yeah, I like a smooth leg too really. I hate to admit it."
"If I went out with my very hairy legs visible, I would feel self-conscious, which is something I don't like, but it's also just a fact of life that I can't really change."
"That's the worst thing, isn't it? That a woman's body hair is a debate rather than something you may or may not have or choose to remove."
"It shouldn't have to be a big deal."
"I'm cool either way, and cool with other women doing whatever the fuck as well."
How often do you shave your legs?
"I shave my legs maybe twice a month."
"Whenever I feel like it, really."
"I can't remember the last time I shaved mine. Def not in 2015."
"I do it out of boredom sometimes to pass the time If I'm using a long set-in conditioner."
"I have very fine hair on my body, and am generally hairless anyway, so not doing it isn't a feminist stance. Just luck of the draw."
"I have blonde hair on my legs so if I say I'm not shaving them my friends are like, 'Yeah, whatever, you can't see them anyway,' and I'm like, 'But, BUT ~feminism~!'"
"My not shaving is the exact opposite of a political act. As I get older, I think, 'Who can be bothered? It's just hair.'"
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