http://theblot.com/why-petra-collins-instagram-account-came-down-vaginas-censorship-and-icky-bikini-lines-777839
A 20 year old Canadian photographer named Petra Collins was recently kicked off of Instagram for posting a photo herself in a bikini bottom with some pubic hair coming out of the top of the bottoms. Keep in mind that this photo does not violate any of the terms of Instagram. I'll give you a moment to let this ridiculousness set in...
Yeah, some visible pubic hair forced Instagram to delete Petra's account. I was made aware of this story when watching the Wendy William's Show (please don't judge me for watching the Wendy William's Show). To my surprise, all of the women on the show who were discussing this topic, were completely supportive of Petra! They even brought up how patriarchal this view of women's pubic hair is. Of course, the one male on the panel disagreed with the showing of pubic hair, and even pubic hair on women in general. He said something like, "aren't we past stuff like this?"
Why is it that a woman in her natural state is unacceptable? We are supposed to hide our natural faces with make up and do things to our hair to make it more presentable. We are supposed to be hairless beings. Why do women have to shave EVERYTHING while men get to be as hairy as they want? God forbid that I let my body be natural. Have we really let men decide how our vaginas are supposed to look? I'm afraid so.
You should all really read the article above! It is very empowering!
What an amazing article! I really don't understand their viewpoint at all. Are people forgetting that female pubic hair was perfectly normal until 70's porn? Also sometimes I feel that when women are shamed about pubic hair it says that society wants her to stay in an infantile state. Every woman past puberty has pubic hair, but my keeping it out of the media it may make women seem younger, and more vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteJess, thank you for bringing up how pubic hair was perfectly normal until 70s porn! I think people tend to forget that...I feel like our society puts such a stigma on women having pubic hair, but no one seems to give a crap if men have pubic hair. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that one of the huge reasons we even have pubic hair, like the hair on our head, is to protect those important parts of our body from bacteria, germs, etc. Where did the change come from anyways that says women should not have pubic hair? Even more so, I hate how it is socially acceptable for males to have their bodies covered in hair, yet it is disgusting if women have hair on their legs, underarms, and now arms are becoming a trend to shave!
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