I don't shave very often...I can go up to two or three weeks (in the winter) without shaving. ?

Question

My aunt always tells me this is disgusting and unhygenic. I was just wondering if it really is unhygenic. I wash my legs everyday, but just not shave.

The double standard here is unbelievable. It's okay for men to be hygenic with unshaved legs, but not females...how is that fair??

Answer 1

Your aunt is wrong.  God made women with hair on their legs for a reason...it's for protection.  You don't have to shave them every day...your aunt is living in the olden days !  

Answer 2

lol don't worry about it. It's not unhygienic at all. I don't always shave my legs during the winter months because i'm wearing pants pretty much all the time so know one sees my bare legs. I might do it once or something in the winter, but it's really your choice.

Answer 3

Its winter who will see your legs anyway?! Its not unhygienic its just not attractive to be a hairy woman  

Answer 4

Its not unhygenic, if that were the case then we would shave our heads, arms, and everywhere else that grows hair.  

I dont shave all the time in winter either, my hair doesnt grow back that fast and no one is seeing my bare legs besides me.

Answer 5

It's not a bit unhygenic ... it's your choice and if you don't want to EVER shave them again, you don't have to.  

Answer 6

its not disgusting....don't listen to ur aunt.

Answer 7

Okay it isn't that it is unhygenic... Hair doesn't make you dirty if it is washed. It is however, sort of gross. Yanno what? If you don't have a boyfriend or a significant other, or if you do & they don't care, then whatever as long as you're comfortable with it. I know the only time I've ever gone that long is when I was in a complete depression & I felt disgusting about it even then.

Hey to each her own right?

To answer your question simply, no it is not unhygenic.

Answer 8

I do the same thing, and for us who dont shave very often, our leg hair thiner and finer.  its less noticible, so really we're better off than the most because in the summer we dont have to shave every day because it grows slower and is finer.  People who shave everyday will always have to shave every day because the more you shave the thicker and darker and faster it grows back in.

Answer 9

Hey, as long as you shave your legs when you wear shorts, than i don't think it matters.

It's how humans were made, it can't be unhygenic, its just not pleasing to look at.

so as long as no one can see it, who cares?

Answer 10

Hygiene has nothing to do with hair quantity.  You were born with hair, were you not?  Did they shave you as an infant?

Gender definitions are a little messed up.  Shave when .you. want to unless you'd like to snuggle in close to your pre-defined gender norms.  If your aunt wants you to follow those standards (ladies must have smooth legs, underarms, etcetera) than its just following an ancient ideal of glabrousness.

It's entirely up to you if you want to be like a socially deviant, crunchy-granola hippie (power to them!) or a mainstream-following lemming (yay for the masses).  Do what feels comfortable to you.

Answer 11

I see nothing wrong with not shaving  in the winter....its not disgusting or unhygenic.

Answer 12

Jeez, I never shave in the winter.  Not until I have to wear a skirt or it gets itchy! There's no need to when I wear pants every day!

Answer 13

naw. its ok as long as you wash them. and since its the winter it shouldnt even matter! lol in the winter i only shave mine like once a week

Answer 14

It's not unhygenic at all. There's no real double standard. If you don't wish to shave your legs that's your choice.

Answer 15

It's just not normal for girls to not shave their legs. It's really your choice. It's not unhealthy, just .. weird.

Answer 16

Well , since you are female  better shave regularly. Nobody likes hairy girls, t doesn't matter if  it's winter.

Answer 17

NO it is not unhygenic... Men do not shave their legs. I go that long too. Sometimes in the summer too. My hair grows slow, and I am married. SO I don't care. And only wear shorts in the house.  

Answer 18

i think its unfair that men dont have to shave but its disgusting if women don't. its sexist and unfair but, i think its gross tht men don't shave their legs because no one wants to see all tht leg hair =p! so i think maybe you shave more

Answer 19

there are lots of double standards. women can get away with murder on what they wear to work, while for guys it is a fairly narrow window of what is acceptable.

Answer 20

There's nothing wrong with not shaving!  Shaving legs is more of an aesthetics-type thing than a hygienic thing for women.

  People seem to be very weird about girls having hair anywhere other than on top of their heads.  Your aunt just sounds a little old-fashioned.

  

All I can tell you is that as long as you're wearing long pants I don't think anyone else will give you a problem.  

Answer 21

IT IS NOT UNHYGIENIC. your aunt is a freak. it is just hair.

Answer 22

she wrong. manymany people go without shaving the WHOLE ENTIRE winter. which can actually get rid of hair too. the constant taking off and putting on of jeans and pants can wear and rub hair down. so don't be suprised if you barely have stubble the last week of winter! and it is actually a good idea not to shave very often, so good for u!!

good luckerz!!!

Answer 23

because males we don't shave our legs and female they do cause the women's and girls they have to be like a little ladys lol.

Answer 24

Your aunt is silly.   Not shaving may look bad, but it's not unhygenic.

How often you shave is dependent on your body - how thick is your hair and what color is it.

Life is not about being fair - nobody is making you shave  

Answer 25

No its not unhygienic! Just a little gross but hey who cares? Just say you don't have to touch them!  

Answer 26

i dont think its unhygienic. i only shave my legs when i need to.

i only shave in the winter because im still in school and we have to wear skorts for pe.

Answer 27

it's fine.

i do the same thing sometimes.

who cares in winter anyways when you wear long pants all the time.

Answer 28

I'm the same way!!

Its not fair when people think like that.

I mean, in the winter I'm always wearing jeans, theres no reason to shave!!

As long as you still wash your legs theres no problem.

In the older days women never shaved their legs =)

Answer 29

wow that's really gross, and if you are married or with a guy im sure hedoesn'tt like it at all, i shave every day