Girls Armpits

for me...
i think she should shave lol

For her, it's better if she shaved her arms. Looks more like a girl that way!

For me, I do shave for cleanliness purpose.

Ehhh....I prefer her to shave, I really really prefer it.

I dont know why its not ok for girls to not shave but its just this world has all these double standards and what is considered acceptable.

so so, I only like if shaved.

WTF, ewwwwwwww. she looks cute but she haves to shave

no it is not acceptable, in this picture, it looks like the oyster is on her armpit ^^;;;;;; and let's just say I envy girls who do not need to do much with their little body hair (other than hair on their head of course) :P

I am turned on. Very few girls can pull that off well.

I don't think there's a really good reason for why armpit shaving is demanded of women but not of men. Just one of those ever-changing norms.

I shave my armpits largely because it's more comfortable, but also because I think it looks better.

Shave please

I do not hold the ladies to a different standard. I know my own pits are blasted ugly and try to hide them as much as possible (I rarely lift my arms up if I'm wearing short-sleeves and I NEVER wear tank-tops).

Men = animal

You didn't see the movie "Beauty and the beast" ?

Ok, i'm away...

WTF, that's like asking why men are allowed beards and women aren't O_o

Rugged looks just fit men better, let's just say less hair is more feminine.

it really doesn't bother me that much...

Girls should shave their armpits. Unshaved armpits is quite unsightly to see ^^;;;

I don't shave my armpit since I don't bushy armpits to begin with ^^;;

She's attractive but that hair turned me off...
Don't know why women have to shave, but it looks more attractive that way.

Why men don't shave? I guess that its because they perspire more than women and there's this thing that happens when the sweaty skin rubs over that other (I don't know the term but the skin will feel uncomfortable and turn red). But don't know if this happens in other countries, we have different climates. :P

As long it doesnt smell/stick, i do not has issue
=3=

*start poking eyes*

If I asked her to shave, she might likewise ask me to do something…

I don't think I would want to be with someone who'll make me wax my legs, for instance. I hear it hurts XD

Shave and fast O_O

It shouldn't be acceptable for both sexes.
Yeah, it's only an aesthetical thing, but I don't like hairy armpits.
It's a hygiene thing for me.

Maybe because women tend to wear more clothes where their armpits are visible? Out in public, I mean.

aaagh me eyes!

How about you Danny-san, do you shave your pits?
^,^

I shave them but guys should shave them too. Forests aren't attractive boys.

guess i got used to shaved armpits growin up here, and i guess hair on men make you MANLY! RAR!! but not too much, especially dark chest hair on skinny scrawny and very pale guys who go to the beach. yuck
luckily enough im asian so we get less body hair (or so i've observed)

>__<. Yeah, shave.

I don't- got used to hair around 13-14. I don't keep it around to be "manly"- it promotes sweat glands to sweat even more; I'm just not the type to keep routine schedules with such things.

Good god.., that's a turn off. Though I'm quite sure there's someone out there who enjoys this pic.

not shaving takes away from the cute feminine factor for me. hair anywhere but on a girls head makes them more rugged.

ಠ_ಠ

There are no words.

She shouldn't have to but she would look better if she did ^.^

WTF!! brings the chainsaw!!

But I heard hairs traps more pheromones, so is armpit hair makes her unconsciously attractive? XD

I admit, I'm still a little turned on, but it would be great if she did shave.

I don't have much body hair at all... and my brother told me "you either have lots of hair, or no hair at all. otherwise, you just look weird." Taking his advice, I shave my armpit and legs.

spoils the moe.

If she's comfortable with the hair, I wouldn't hold it against her. However, I find shaved armpits to be very appealing, almost like an aphrodisiac. Either way, I'll just accept it as who she is and won't judge her appearance.

eeewww... watta turn-off! >.<

Now i must say this picture isn't really taken in a way to compliment the women in it.
If you photoshop the hair away it looks totaly different i think, i didn't do it but my imagination is a powerfull tool at that. ^^v
I agree with most of the views that less hair is more feminine and cute (?) but it also does serve it's purpose. I knew girls back in school who then started to shave and some of them would have sore armpits in summer cause they did sweat quiet a bit and so the hair there has its purpose. I never understood why only 1 out of 10 had this problem though. I even knew a boy who had it lol... he didn't grew hairs in the armpits and on a school trip he had to do the BBQ and was sweating like mad, then he had to take a break to "cream" his armpits lol... that was... yea... yummy sausages... ><
I personaly do shave as i dont sweat much unless i would do heavy sport excercises and i like to wear arm-free shirts or tops in summer - so yea.
But, everyone should be able to account for their own whats good for them, so if someone thinks s/he has to shave somewhere, shave away~~ if not, then don't. People should be able to be comfortable with themself in the first place and try less to fit a major image.
Okay, guess i am drifting of here in a study on human behaviour and other things but thats how i am, accept it or shave me away like nasty hair lol. ><

To be honest, nope. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. My body hair is very light in color, blonde in most areas, so I don't really have to worry about it. I also barely have any underarm hair to begin with. I can get away with not shaving my legs as well and I normally don't during the winter since I wear long pants anyway.

I don't expect men to shave, and I kind of find it weird if they do. Although I do understand some men who shave when they're really fuzzy. But I don't really care either way. It's their choice if they want to or not. I just wish it was more acceptable for women like that. But I guess we're just expected to be silky smooth.. and all that other stuff.

Because of the image and ideas that have been burned into our brains, yes, she probably would be more attractive without the underarm hair. But hey, her choice and more power to her.

for me, i just don't like my girls having hair other than her head.. i just get turned off by being hairy in other places. if my girl didn't want me having hair down there or anywhere else other than on my head, i'd want to please her by getting rid of it and looking clean too, just how i'd want her to look.

I see no problems there. It's natural. I have no idea why this social dimorphism arose, but I think it's a bit silly. If I weren't so attatched to my furry legs, I'd shave them and walk around in a kilt--just because I could. :P As for armpits, I really don't see much of a need to shave mine at all. O.o How many people stare at or molest armpits anyway to necessitate it? Oh god... just don't answer that, I forgot I had just eaten... >.<;;;

Male who prefer females to shave is a stereotype for females.

Why is it acceptable for men have their shirts off with their "eyes" showing, but not for women?

Hmm...as long as it's not excessive, a bit of hair is okay like the girl picture that Danny posted. I don't mind a little tuft in the nether regions either. It's only natural after all.

Haven't decided to shave my armpits yet. Will need to look into how to properly groom and maintain them before I take the plunge. :x

She should shave. I don't know why but I just think women should shave their armpits. As for myself, I don't shave my armpits. Maybe I'm being a hypocrite.

Of course it's acceptable for women not to shave their armpits, come on what the hell is with this question anyway? Women can do what they want. It's the very same thing as with make-up. No one needs to wear it, but sometimes they might look better with it. I you want to do it the whatever, but why should we make other look the way WE want them to look?
I bet women have more important things things to worry about than fitting the ideal stereotype. I sometimes grow a very long beard just for the heck of it. Should I not be allowed to do that, because most of the women probably think it's not pretty?

I am a girl. I shave everything below the neck, and tweeze my eyebrows. I think girls should have everything below the neck and eyebrows are individual (some people can look good with natural brows, some have weird shaped or unibrows and need shaving I just personally like to control the shape of my eyebrow. I think shaving your eyebrows off is icky looking though.) And I definitely think girls should shave 'that'.
As for boys/men I think that they should keep well groomed. This entails being CLEAN (shower daily and after exercise and you generally won't be too stinky) and trim all hair everywhere so it's neat. I don't care if guys shave their face or have a neatly trimmed beard both can be attractive. I tend to find guys with lots of body hair unattractive (back hair? large amounts of chest hair) but its something I think I could definitely overlook in someone I was in love with. Legs/Armpits/THAT, are supposed to be hairy on guys, and I'd be grossed out by a dude who shaved any of these. Like I said, trim, yes please, bald, no thanks.

IDK where the doubt standard comes from but I'm not offended.

She doesn't have to shave, but please don't show it lol

shave!

NOT acceptable, i hope that's photoshopped!

this comment may be chauvinistic, but in the words of haro: "Itaranai, will not accept" ^^;
about the double standards... let me put it this way... Ladies, do you think guys with man-boobies sexy? ^^;

This kind, somewhat acceptable.

I think it's okay, maybe if she dyes it to match her hair...but still it seems out of place since like other than her head there is no trace of hair anywhere else...

In the early 20th century woman in China do not shave their arm pit becoz man back then think it is sexy....
I think whether shave or not shave is depend on the time we are in.

She looks hot, though her armpits are alittle too much. I actually thought it was photoshop. But who knows...

Yuck! There's a reason why there's a male and a female race - their appearances are meant to be different and judged differently. Sorry, female equality does not extend THAT far lol

YES for everything that is kawaii shave that thing! i almost lost it all over the screen! o_O

Oh my god, please shave! That's a real turn off, but as long as she doesn't pose like that, it should be OK ^^

I shave mine, and so should she!
Girls with hairy armpits are gross. With guys its acceptable.

You gotta' shave. It just feels and looks so much nicer, regardless of gender, I think. I've recently been trying to convince my boyfriend to shave his armpits to along with his chest, with no luck what so ever! Lol~ Any advice guys? ^^; <3

i think both girls and boys should shave.. at least for hygiene purpose..

I don't approve if it's flaunted: "lol look at my hairy armpits". I'm male and shave my armpits.

I think she's pretty and I wouldn't crawl over her to get to Danny if we were all three in the same bed.

As it happens, I have never "been" with a girl who didn't shave her armpits, so I can't comment on the experience.

I have "been" with girls who did or didn't shave their other hair. On the whole I prefer unshaved and trimmed, though shaved is also nice. The worst is shaved and growing back stubble.

This is also a bad thing for guys' facial hair in intimate situations, so girls have told me.

As far as hygiene goes, hospital tests on preparation for surgery showed that shaving the operation area caused a worse chance of post-operative infection, since it causes micro-cuts that can more easily trap bacteria. Any hygiene issue is a culturally conditioned view, not based in reality.

I actually found it less disgusting than I thought I would,
upon reading some of the comments I'm actually inclined to accept it.
I guess it just needs some getting used to.

Thinking about it,
hair under her arms seems like a trivial matter compared to other things, no?

she should shave.
and who said it's OK for men not to shave? it's a HUGE turn off when I see guys with hairy armpits, or hairy chests or hairy body actually. that's why we invented the revolutionary thing called clothing items to protect us from paleolithic winds, volcano eruptions and meteor going crash into the planet type of things, so go shave now!

She needs to shave her pits... As a guy I keep my pits pretty well trimmed. Too much body hair on anyone can be a turn off.

I don't really expect women to shave but at least keep them trimmed and neat. If its like a bush then its obviously a huge turn-off. As a guy, I do shave since I'm really ticklish and the hair irritates me. >__>

men and women are meant to be the opposite of one another. that's what make us attracted to the opposite sex.

urgh.. I will tell her to shave her armpit.

For me, I will shave because it feel so greasy, somehow it make my armpit smell worse. It's like you haven't bath for a week!

For guys, I don't care if he shave his armpit or not, at least he know how to use deodorant as well :P

Over 100 comments for a post about armpit hair? OMG.... its so sad that something like this gets more than a Photo walk article...

Its more or less something to do with cultural aspects of beauty. The general trend of beauty now of days tends to follow an European view of what beauty should be; hairlessness which is attributed to youth.

If you look at a certain number of old European pieces of art depicting the Goddesses Venus, Aphrodite and Persephone (To name a few), you'll notice most of their naked bodies are hairless, fair skinned and slightly plump.

I'm a guy and I do not shave my armpit hair... but for girls, please shave >.<

I think it's a social norm mostly for woman to shave. Besides they often wear clothing that shows their arms and shoulders more than men do. Yes I do shave.

I like the photo.

Oh no! It's one of those days again!!!

Quite acceptable. A large number of the women and girls I know don't shave or do but with prolonged periods in between. It's not a turn-off, it's not disgusting, it's natural.

For me, I shave every other day. It's a holdover from high school - I used to shave my entire body! Especially with arm pits, I just feel more comfortable shaved.

Well, there's the reason of hygiene and all. Especially if you live on an island excuse for an oven.

Coming from a girl's point of view, I think she should shave. It's unhygienic. :[

Hmm, I personally think it's OK, but might turn off some people.
As for me as a male, I don't shave my armpits, I only shave my face.

I think..., I'd like her to shave, but would settle if she allowed ME to shave her.

I do not have a good reason for it other than maybe I have been brain washed into believing that shaved legs and arm pits on a woman is attractive... so I find her less attractive to me personally than if she had shaved arm pits.

I am very sorry for being this shallow for no good reason :)

My wife shaves when she feels like it. I still find her attractive, but that is because of the life and relationship we have built together. I do not know the lady in the photo at all and can only make a rash snap judgment. So shaved arm pits are a general automatic preference for me I think.

Not elegant.

Female not shaving is not feminine, its ok men not to because I think male has more of a rough and dirty look or so called "MAnlyness"

I have to shave my legs and arm hair and armpit when I am on the swim team.

Maybe try braiding that or something.

I never imagine women with under arm hair. Why does make them look off-putting when hair is natural?

The only women in the world who are allowed not to shave their armpits are the french (just kidding ;D)
As for the question, i shave, and so all man should.

Ewwww, that was a big turn off

For years body hair has been associated with masculinity, so I guess people prefer feminine girls so a big NO to armpit undergrowth.

girl do have armpits hair ? @_@
jk

Hairy arm pits really don't bother me. It is neither a turn-on, nor a turn-off.

E^D

totally, unquestionably, MEGA TURN OFF!!!...I don't care if she has a voluptuos figure, but women who has armpit hairs make me puke!!! For men it's ok and fine coz it's a symbol of masculinity...for women it's a symbol of obscurity...YUKKK!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! it is NOT acceptable!!!!

girls have to be cute and smell good, regardless of their style!!!

female armpit hair is like wearing a mini skirt with an unshaved legs!!!!!!!!

armpit hair and unshaved legs are a huge TURN OFF!!!!!

It scares me... ;-;

It draws the eyes to it. I'm meant to look at the other features, but I can't until I've cringed at the sight of the hair. It'd be nicer without and it always should be.

Wow I just remembered that I actually have hair under there.

The girl looks drunk and freaks me out by the way.

yowza.... that is disgusting. haha i'ma keep it old school and say that girls should shave and guys don't have to. @_@ T_T -_-"

Not cool.

the problem here is that she is in a pose, like saying "hey all look at my hair", woman who do not shave so much his armpit go discretely i think

Hair is a natural thing, and its almost incontrollable, but in the case of the foto, she really has so few hair, but so long, for her it will be so easy to shave, for other woman with more, i will understand the dont do it

i will be the first to admit, i find shaving to be a real chore, only reason why i do it is because my mum makes me hurhur guy here btw.

based on earlier comments, are you saying that dying your hair is a violation of intended nature as well? the point is, while we can argue that public hair are natural and therefore should be embraced, society doesn't see it that way.

it is understandable why women who doesn't shave would be perceived as disgusting and revolting. put it this way, not shaving shows that you are either lazy or apathetic about your looks or both, behaviours which are deemed unacceptable in today's society. on top of it, it's darn distracting to see something out of the norm.

I guess, "to each his own" could apply here...
Being healthy, happy and hygienic... that's all you have to have. It doesn't have to be bald either, just neatly trimmed... this applies to both sexes.
Strange enough, contrary to what I've typed above, I ensure that I shave everywhere 'below-the-neck' as another poster said. I'm proud of my eyebrows as they're well shaped even if they aren't pencil thin (Thank you Ryoko XD).

Prefer shaved...and that goes for both girls and boys!

eww Shave!!!
yeah i know what you ladies are thinking, but its the society that us
men where raised in.
So shave it is.
and im a guy, i dont shave my armpits

She has a very beautiful and expressive face, so that her hairy armpits just ad a sexy zing to her image. It's just a matter of taste- to shave or not to shave. Calm down,guys.

I guess she should shave. Will make her look better.

Yes, it is acceptable on her. Looks sexy. Probably a preview of what it looks like below!

i shaved my armpits EVERYDAY! I hate body hairs ! lol

I don't shave my armpit. It will get burnt and hurt while I walk if I do.

I prefer shaved pits, but I don't have much room to talk since I'm pretty hairy myself. Remember the body waxing scene in 40 Year Old Virgin? Yeah, kinda like that.
Also, growing up in the hippie-dippy East-Bay, the likelihood of your dating options being shaved or not was about 50/50. We all take it for granted that the folks we're interested in are going to put some time into personal grooming, especially early in a relationship, but personally, in a long term situation after a few years, it's not going to be a deal breaker.

Now unshaved legs on the other hand...

so scary lol !!!

I prefer shaved but the hair under her arm isn't all that bad. I don't even like to see guys with hairy pits. I shave my own pits every few months and will probably start to shave em more often. They just feel cooler and more comfy when you do. ^_^ lol

Look at her daring expression and blushing too in the picture...* giggles *

not for charity ... hair under the armpit no ...

its ok..
i like it!!
sexy

I'm all for shaving. I'm a big fan of the well groomed.

I do like a rugged woman. (^_^)meow

I'm a girl and I'm a proud shaver. :D

People's perspective on what's acceptable are pretty much influenced by what society dictates (sad I know). As such, it's normal for a girl to shave her armpits and for a boy to not. If you go against everyone's views, you will spark negativity which this page exemplifies so well. And to answer your other question: I'm a male and I don't shave my armpits :)

Thats a big no no right there, thats just nasty lol

Women should shave unwanted hairs as most of us guys want them to be as beautiful and desirable as they can be to us guys.

It really makes the world a better place when more women are beautiful and "well-kept".

Isn't it so inspiring just thinking that?

We men are very visual creatures.
If a female wants to repel us men, generally, go ahead and don't shave your unwanted hairs, neglect yourself. Those are called "Unwanted" hairs for a reason.
It's your call and good luck lady! You're gonna need it! And please stay away from me as I don't want any of my friends to see me with you. What would my buddies say to me? Oh, how horrible..

"Hey dude, I saw you with this d*mb*ss chick the other day with all the armpit hairs sticking out like spaghetti.
HAHAHA! That is so gross!! Wait till our friends hear about this..."

And even if she is my date for the night I'd probably say...

"HAHAHA.. That girl? Dude!? Do I look like I'm THAT desperate?!
No friggin waaay! HAHAHA!
I don't know her man."

Women like their men hairy! and Men like their woman Shaved! :D!.

In my opinion, that's gross. I even trim my body hair and I'm a guy. It's just a cleanliness thing!!!