We Have Pubic Hair for a Reason

[Butterbean]

303. And? You're making a value judgment on women who remove

pubic hair by saying they are choosing to "look like a pre-pubertal girl or a 70 year old." What if I said that everyone who chose to shave their head was choosing to look like a skinhead? Or that everyone who grew dreadlocks was choosing to look like a drug dealer or thug? Or that everyone who got multiple facial piercings was choosing to look like a carnival freak?

We DON'T shave pubic hair before delivery any more, you're right, and it's exactly for the reasons stated in the article. You're not criticizing the removal of hair in a medical setting, though, you're criticizing women who choose to remove their own hair in a non-medical setting for non medical reasons, and stating that they are choosing to make themselves look pre-pubescent and/or elderly. THAT is a value judgment. You can say the same thing about tattoos and piercings and all kinds of shit people do because it makes them feel more comfortable in their own skin: there is all kinds of nasty potential there for infections and diseases and nasty stuff when you alter skin integrity. However, you aren't telling them that they are choosing to look like a carnival freak or a thug or any other negative stereotype. That's what makes this different.

Criticizing hair removal in a hospital when evidence based practice has shown it actually increases infection rates = okey dokey. Criticizing hair removal in a private setting by an adult when it is their own personal choice and making a value judgment on that choice = nunyabiz.