Why do women have to shave their legs and armpits and men don't? Jess, Marcos and Hannah explore the commonplace practice of female body hair removal in the U.S.

Cover art by Eric Mott and theme music by Vryce, instagram @vryce

Sources:

"Plucked: A History of Hair Removal" by Rebecca M. Herzig

"Looking Through the Bushes: The Disappearance of Pubic Hair" by Roger Friedland https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-pubic-hair_b_875465?utm_campaign=share_email&ncid=other_email_o63gt2jcad4

"Caucasian Female Body Hair and American Culture" By Christina Hope (In the Journal of American Culture

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/oct/06/swedish-model-gets-threats-after-ad-shows-her-unshaved-legs

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/04/24/monique-explains-why-she-finally-started-shaving-her-legs/77560076/-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_removal_of_leg_and_underarm_hair_in_the_United_States

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54102625?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bmicrosoft%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53182169