Thread: Historical Question on Female Shaving

Originally Posted by Whiggamore

Removing body hair might have ancient roots for women but I do not believe it was popular until recently. First, the women in my Grandpa's home told me they did not shave until after the War. My Grandma's first razor was a Injector from the early 50s. Second, the Mennonites in Belize maintain the traditions of their forefathers, or foremothers in this case, and do not shave. They don't bathe, either. Third, women from many ethnic groups do not have the same amount of hair that European women do, nor is it as thick. Beloved Wife, for example, has very soft hair and Whiggamore does not really notice if she shaves or not unless he makes sure to look. Why make all this fuss to remove something that nobody is making a fuss over? For those three reasons, I think this is a recent phenomenon.

Dear Whiggamore,

I am not an historian nor an ethonolog, but.... I do know that women from the aristocracy as well as the bourgeoisie were used to shave the hair from... their face, especially the eyebrows.

This was posted by Kees in the netherland on SRP: http://www.quikshave.com/timeline.htm