What's the history behind women shaving their legs?

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Wearing a bikini, shorts or a miniskirt is part of American fashion. The styles show off a lot of "...

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500 B.C. Around this time, Roman Women remove hair with razors, pumice stones and make homemade depilatory...

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Businesses began "encouraging" American women to shave their underarms around 1915, when sleeveless...

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U.S. women were browbeaten into shaving underarm hair by a sustained marketing assault that began in...

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500 B.C. Around this time, Roman Women remove hair with razors, pumice stones and make homemade depilatory...

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In history, when did women start shaving their legs?

It had to have started sometime, when was it? If you have any other interesting information about it, it's welcome.

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13 million? The biggest single group was the European Jews - at about 6 million, but also: Slavic and...

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Whats so wrong with women shaving their arms?

One of my closest friends shaves her arms and I find nothing wrong with it. I started to do it because, to me, I felt like I had gorilla arms. My parents saw me today and they seemed to be acting like it was a massive deal and they seemed totally disgusted...

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It's your body, and your choice as to what do do with it - especially when it comes to something as...

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When did women start shaving the hair off their legs and under arms and any where else they shave?

I'm not asking what birth age they start doing this I'm wondering what time in history did they start doing it and do they do it all over the world or just in the U.S and I ...show more

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Umm, Prometheus, think about where women have hair that they might want to shave - - and I don't mean...

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At what point in history did it become commonplace for women to shave their legs? Why do we do it at all?

Please comment on this as a fashion/grooming trend that is gender-based. I am aware that not all cultures practice routine shaving of leg hair. I am asking for comments relating to cultures that do. I am also aware of hair removal for sports purposes...

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I think the shaving history link is interesting, but I'm not entirely convinced about the advertising...

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Just shaved legs and they HURT AND STING AND ARE BLEEDING?

this happens EVERY TIME I SHAVE i do nothing different then other women !!!!!! but my hair is very thick on my legs and takes a few strokes to get it clean but i have so much ingrown hairs it hurts and stings and feels awfull. the only time i am ever...

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Use shaving cream

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