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I Made My Boyfriend Shave His Armpits

Adventures in Armpit Aesthetics

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When I was a radical feminist in the 1970s, hairy armpits on a woman were a badge of honor. The requirement that women shave under their arms when men didn’t have to was yet another unfair burden placed upon us by the patriarchy, so plenty of feminists refused to shave, and, instead, proudly…