Submitted 1 day ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Body hair is deeply stigmatized. Bodies and bodily functions are stigmatized.
It’s the same reason why sanitary pad commercials use clear blue liquid for absorptive demonstrations and not body temperature strawberry preserves. Or heaven forfend actual uterine lining…
Smiling happy women reclining in a bath, shaving off foam to reveal glossy perfect legs, is shorthand for the reality of what actually happens.
Body hair is stigmatised, but bodies in general are not; bodily functions are taboo which is not the same thing.
In modern Western society people don’t really think that women are “unclean” for having their period, no more than they think anyone is a bad person for pooping. (Notably this has not been true in all times and cultures). But talking about periods and shitting is nevertheless taboo and not considered polite. I think it’s an important distinction to realise, because you can try to push back against stigma, but pushing back against taboo is harder (and often pointless).
Speaking for myself I no more want to see actual uterine lining in an advert than I want to see an actual turd - they’re both fairly gross. Advertisers generally want to associate their products with positive feelings, not disgust.
I’d never even thought of this before. Can you explain the difference between taboo and stigmatized? I thought you generally risk being stigmatized any time you break a taboo.
So it should be fine to hang dong, as long as it’s shaved 🤔
I hate how hair on a woman has become shameful for the past few decades. When I first saw my now-wife, it was with “hairy” legs because she was done with dating. Hairy like you can see a bit of hair, not like thick or dark. When I asked her out, she came on our date shaved.
She doesn’t care now that we were married. But even she mentions that back then a lot of guys called it out as a problem for her.
yes they do. they spill products onto clean floors and immediately mop them up
They should throw some hairs on the legs before shaving them then
imagine this gallon of hairs is your hairs
Thats a good ass shower thought
The culture around women shaving is so dumb. So dumb, in fact, I don’t shave anything other than my armpits. And I only shave my armpits because I don’t like how the hair feels when sweat accumulates.
If I ever get a gf and she doesn’t like my fuzzy legs and magnificent bush, then she ain’t the girl for me.
I use clippers to shorten my pits and bush because my pit hair pulls in weird ways and my bush will mat with blood clots and it helps trap less smells in both but other than that yeah there’s no reason. I once had an A&P professor who went on a mini rant one class about how "the hairs are for detecting the movement of fleas ticks and other parasites and how could women be asked to give up such protection? "
If I ever get a gf and she doesn’t like my fuzzy legs and magnificent bush
On the other hand, shaved bush has essentially made the public lice an endangered species.
(This is not to say that you’re not magnificent)
I actually preferred shaved armpits on any gender. But I’m also lazy AF so I only trim mine like 3 times a year and shave them if I’m going real fancy.
And toilet paper – clean asses.
Benzin – clean roads.
Drugs – cemeteries.
Alcohol – liver.
I need to see a toilet paper ad that shows asses!
Don’t they get around the obvious issues with this by using cartoon animal butts?
The ones with the bears
Yeah I don’t care about softness and ply count.
Show me wiping in-between the cheeks!
Signs of depression:
holding a paper plate over ones face that has a smiley face
moving in slow motion
going to bizarre dinner parties with a bunch of psychopaths who can’t stop smiling
Bucket listed
That's because advertising is as fake as a Hollywood movie. Never believe an ad.
And feminine hygiene products use Andorian blood.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Razors want you to see what you could look like, floor cleaner wants you to fear what your floor could look like.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Funny how toothpaste commercials can go either way.
Saapas@piefed.zip 23 hours ago
Toothpaste is bi