Differing Expectations // Double Standards

[CloakOfAsh]

My partner and I joke about body hair a fair bit between ourselves. She likes stay shaven (legs/pits etc) but get’s lazy about it. I am completely cool either way so the jesting is definitely just fun and games but if it worried her or she felt pressured we wouldn’t joke about it and I would certainly never joke to others about it.

[NickiPower]

I’m the same @CloakOfAsh, my partner and I joke about each other’s laziness too 😀

[MsBlueStreak]

@CloakOfAsh that joking thing happens in this house too, but instigated by me or BF won’t participate.

[MsBlueStreak]

I’m just gonna leave this article from Knowable here for people to enjoy and discuss: http://www.knowable.com/a/showing-nipples-and-body-hair-men-and-women-share-the-most-ridiculous-things-th

[tea]

@CloakOfAsh I was once told (by some much older men) that I should shave all of my pubic hair because sex would feel better and my boyfriend at the time would prefer it!! I previously didn’t shave or trim my hair at all so it was really bizarre to me to even groom there. I took the advice anyway and shaved EVERYTHING, and I didn’t like it tbh. 

[CloakOfAsh]

@tea that really sucks. I really want to believe that this sort of generational gap stuff is fading out

[tea]

@CloakOfAsh I think if different body types became more normalised then it wouldn’t be such a huge issue to see hair in places people normally would be grossed out by. 

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