Axillary hair aka underarm hair can be a ticklish topic. Cultural attitudes to it vary by country and by age. Back in the 1970s, I recall that it was quite usual to see unshaven female armpits in Europe, but that all changed about 20 years ago, and now armpit shaving is becoming quite popular among males too here. In America, women having been shaving their underarms for about 100 years, and I understand that many males shave there too. Most of what I have heard on the subject is anecdotal, so I’ve set up a poll, to test attitudes by both women and men. When answering, don’t forget that Virily polls are totally anonymous 🙂
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Question of
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
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Unshaved female armpits gross me out
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I prefer female armpits unshaved
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When it comes to female armpits I really don’t mind either way
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Question of
FOR WOMEN ONLY
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I shave my underarms and I’m an American woman
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I shave my underarms and I’m a non-American woman
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I don’t shave my underarms and I’m an American woman
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I don’t shave my underarms and I’m a non-American woman
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Question of
FOR MEN ONLY
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I shave my underarms and I’m an American man
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I shave my underarms and I’m a non-American man
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I don’t shave my underarms and I’m an American man
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I don’t shave my underarms and I’m a non-American man
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It looks gross on women. Yes, I know it is natural, but natural isn’t always best. Women shouldn’t be obliged to shave if they don’t want to of course, but a lot of them, like the ones in the picture, just don’t shave to make a deliberate, provocative statement – look at them all wearing sleeveless tops and holding their arms in the air! Just stupid attention-seeking.
Well, that’s celebrities for you!
I’m lucky and I do not need to shave … I do not have underarm hair
I never heard of such a thing in a European! Did you pluck it all out??!
uuuuuuuuufffffffffffff……….Omg…
Can you explain why you have such a reaction to a natural part of our bodies?
I don’t know, but its ugly 😛
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I guess the same must be true of its opposite too 🙂
i am lucky to have just two or three strands of underarm hair. so plucking will do. yeaaaaaaah!!!
Too easy! But lucky you 🙂
yes, lucky me. ehehehe… and my underarms are white not black eheeeeem
LOL … it really depends on the “growth” if I would shave…
anyway it might “stink” more when unshaved, I heard
Aha, yeah. I think the jury is divided on whether shaving helps with perspiration and odour 🙂
Uggggghhhhhh is my response. 🙂
Feelings definitely run strong on this subject 🙂