Andrea

Tue Nov 24 2009 12:43

I didn't even know November was no-shave month. I just stopped shaving because of the double standard of men. Women have to uphold this clean and smooth image and shaving, waxing, plucking their hairs in any area of their body while men galavant around in their natural hairy bodies. Why can't women do the same? I'm not ashamed of my hair anymore. I don't feel like I ever want to shave again. It's very empowering. And primitive. I believe in being natural. More women should adhere to this and not just for one month, for the rest of your life!

Relax

Mon Nov 23 2009 04:19

Steve (and you others)-

You need to get a life. Honestly, women who don't shave aren't doing it to make you "quake in your boots," though I do find it funny that you assume every time a woman doesn't conform to your idea of the norm that she must be a radical feminist. In reality, most women just don't care what you think. Hair is hair. Get over it. She'll shave when she feels like it.

lady

Sat Nov 21 2009 01:15

I think women should participate its letting them be free and not haveing to worry about them stupid shavers its only a month guys come on now grow up !!! we were all born with it

nigel

Thu Nov 19 2009 13:24

I wish more women would participate. Once the hair is past the initial stubble phase it gets softer + I love the naturalness of hairy legs/pits on a woman. Kudos to those women who reject the legs have to be hairless brainwashing!

class of '94

Thu Nov 19 2009 02:26

IT IS NOT NO-SHAVE-NOVEMBER IT IS MOVEMBER. It has origins in Aus and New Zealand (google it).
And it is to raise money for prostate cancer.

me = KSU Alumni living in Christchurch New Zealand

cierra

Wed Nov 18 2009 23:24

guys with facial hair are sexy : )

JJ

Wed Nov 18 2009 12:57

I'm a dude and wish more women participated in No-Shave-November. It's all in fun, and they should be able to participate, too.

Your name

Wed Nov 18 2009 11:38

My boyfriend thinks i am hot even when i don't shave. But i don't feel hot, its stupid i know, most of it comes from media and such, and also opinions of shallow and ignorant people such as some of the men who made comments here.

Your name

Wed Nov 18 2009 10:58

Steve- Unless you have xray glasses how do you know how many women walk by with pants on and hairy legs underneath?

Your name

Wed Nov 18 2009 10:55

All I can say is I am a woman, and I am married. I don't shave everyday, but enough to get by. On the days I don't shave my husband still drools when I walk by.
FYI: Shaving isn't about sex or feminism, its about razor, shaving cream, waxing, and laser removal companies making bank! Research this- when did women start shaving? When society started pushing it in our faces with marketing. And its evolved into total body hair removal in the past 10 years! Shaving takes time out of a busy day I must admit I hate the days I shave its so freaking time consuming.
And to "total jerk" you think women should shave their faces? What planet do you live on? Thats a BAD idea.

Phil Hellmuth, Jr.

Wed Nov 18 2009 03:55

yeah, we get it, obviously it is aimed toward men. girls do have the freedom to participate, they'll just be appalling to most people. that's just how it is. I guess if you think you're making a statement or something go ahead but let's be honest nobody cares, and people will probably just look at you as someone who's bitter or something like that. women OBVIOUSLY do not have the hormonal make-up to provide for a lot of facial and body hair anyway (except for some leg and underarm). there's plenty of things women can do that men can't so get over it. trying way too hard on the intellectual feminist garbage. just a pointless, whiney article. nobody's going to take that advice. I don't even think you believe what you're saying.

K-State is apparenty full of jerks

Tue Nov 17 2009 22:50

Steve--

How ironic that your post complained about "anti-intellectual intellectualism" when your post was full of it. You're not as smart as you think you are.

You are a pathetic little idiot who can't deal with people who chose to live their lives differently than you deem "proper."

All this article did was point out the double standard that exists: hair on men is natural and hair on women is gross (yes, yes, some women think things like back hair is gross and some men are eh, more tolerant of hair on females than others--so I'm not trying to make an overgeneralization.)

Honestly people. Live and let live. No need to be such judgmental jerks about people being different that you are.

Steve

Tue Nov 17 2009 22:38

Wow, this blog is filled with the very stereotypical anti-intellectual intellectualism that has turned our institutes of higher education into a politically correct joke.

Male facial hair is largely ornamental. I can hardly think of a time when I saw a guy with facial hair who claimed that he maintains the look for the sole reason of appearing ugly. No Shave November is a great idea because it encourages men to try out a look that they might otherwise have never tried. Either way, smooth skin or facial hair is nearly always the style for a man because they personally like the look.

Females, on the other hand, shave their legs for ornamental purposes and grow hair solely to get reactions from others. Unlike men with facial hair, I have met women who grow leg hair for the sole appearance of "looking ugly". And it does look ugly. Even when compared to the number of women who've had their appearance enhanced by getting a tattoo, the number of women enhanced by long leg hair is still statistically irrelevant. Unlike men who grow facial hair because they personally like the look, women grow their leg hair because they are specifically looking for a reaction from others. So men grow hair to represent their confidence in themselves, women grow hair out of an insecurity that's queltched by buying into the feminist dogma they've been fed.

That's right, women grow leg hair for the sole reason of making a statement. In their little feminist minds they think they're some Rosa Parks who is breaking down some barrier, but it's a barrier that only exists in their mind. So while they walk around feeling all self-richeous and superior (in a non-judgmental feminist manner of course) thinking that they're causing the men of the world to quake in their boots over their self confidence, in reality the men of the world are privately laughing at how pathetic the woman must be for allowing herself to be a puppet of the feminist movement, and glad that they know up front that they won't waste their time courting a woman filled with rage and jealousy, but not mental capabilities.

Yea, yea, my opinion doesn't come with any celebrity endorsements so you feminists can just ignore it and get back to your echo chamber.

Your name

Tue Nov 17 2009 11:24

God made you hairy? I think you mean you evolved from an even hairier little creature and that's what's left of it.

that one girl

Tue Nov 17 2009 00:42

I am a woman and i haven't shaved my leg hair since this summer...now what?! deal with it! God made us hairy for a reason.

???

Mon Nov 16 2009 22:58

I don't know where the writer of this article found that no-shave November was just for men, but I don't care if women decide to participate. They have the freedom to, so I don't know who told them that they can't. I've know a few girls who have done it. I'm a guy and I'm not shaving this month. Who said that men don't look good with beards? I find that statement sexist.

total jerk

Mon Nov 16 2009 15:59

Women should be clean shaven end of story. Any woman with lots of facial and body hair is a freak. This is designed for men so that they could be men. Women should not participate in No Shave November. Women shave off your unneccessary facial and body hair!

Eww

Mon Nov 16 2009 15:51

I don't even want to think about women participating in NSN. *hurls*