@ "I wish I had less body hair."

20th February 2012

Post reblogged from Finding the RealMe. with 3 notes

@ “I wish I had less body hair.”

I don’t, and I’ll tell you why:

The illusion that body hair is inherently unattractive is something that our media and culture have been cramming down our throats for quite some time now, and it’s ridiculous. It’s just a fact that men have body hair after puberty has run its course. How much is a matter of genetics. I have body hair, and I can spend a stupid amount of money and effort trying to get rid of it, or I can groom it and make it look good. What I do with it is up to me. I used to think I wasn’t attractive because of my body hair, and the only reason I ever wanted to get rid of it was because I thought I wouldn’t ever be attractive with it. I gave up on the work it took to get rid of it (tons of work!), and after I won the struggle for accepting that about myself, I discovered that there are people who find me attractive with and for my body hair.

Now, if you genuinely feel like you don’t want your body hair because you feel like you aren’t your best with it, you do what you need to do. However, if the only reason you want to get rid of it is because of a bunch of insecurities that have been heaped on you by a society that wants to create a population full of trend-bots crafted from the same set of schematics, I encourage you to reconsider your position in life, look at who you are, embrace that about yourself, and not change a g*dd*mned thing. You’re you. Be attractive by being you.

I’m a man. I have body hair. I’m proud of my hair, and I’m proud of men who’re proud of their hair.

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Nate Given

@ “I wish I had less body hair.”