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In reply to the discussion: Sports Illustrated cover - practically porn? [View all]LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)Why would you assume she would prevail where so many more powerful institutions, like the Catholic church, failed?
The truth is, no one can control sexuality. Advertising firms can push certain trends, but those trends are based on the conditions already present psychologically in the human mind. The trend of shaving body hair makes women look younger, and exposed more of the flesh. And from a practical standpoint, since cunnilingus has become more of a standard sex act, it makes little practical sense to have a pubic area covered in hair. Body hair is becoming seen as a masculine trait, though even men are "manscaping" for convenience.
Steinem wasted her time because, like everyone before her, she tried to fight an irresistible force. The only people who can still hold out against this force are totalitarian states, where sexuality is criminalized by a theocratic regime. And they, in the end, will also lose.