Being Dark Haired

It is only natural that our bodies are covered in hairs as we are mammals however when that body hair is pretty prominent because you have dark hair this is when you may start to feel insecure. Society still think it's acceptable to portray women as hairless and if they do have hair in places that they wouldn't think as normal this is an extremely negative thing. In the real world as someone with extremely dark hair I know that being hairless is a blatant lie and a standard I cannot live up to. It is hard accept having noticeable body hair especially in places such as arms, back, upper lip etc. because we are constantly showed photographs of women with only hair on her eyebrows, head and that is it even if they have really dark hair.

As hard as it is to accept and feeling extremely envious when I see girls with extremely fair body hair, so fair that they can get away with not shaving/waxing their legs.In an idea world I would love to not have to pluck my eyebrows or shave anywhere because it isn't something us ladies enjoy doing and can be such a chore. One good thing about living in England is that it's always so cold so I don't have to worry about shaving my legs on a regular basis however when it is summer it's a constant thing to do because they are so dark.

When it comes to attracting the opposite sex I get extremely insecure about my body hair because it's not something that is seen as attractive or desirable in fact it is probably seen as the complete opposite and there is a point where body hair on a girl is seen as completely alien as if it shouldn't happen and is a crime. Even though I am pretty insecure about my body hair I will not be with someone who sees it as a negative thing and will only be with someone who accepts it as it is and can look past it. There is nothing wrong with being dark haired it's natural and completely fine.

Being darked haired does have it's good points as well as it's bad such as prominent eyebrows that I do not need to fill in and I like having thick dark hair.

The sooner we accept the facts that some girls have thicker/darker body hair than others and are covered in hairs just like every single other human the easier it will be for women and girls who have dark body hair to accept it and realise it's just a part of life and we can't change it so we should embrace our natural ways. It is hard not to think it isn't normal because the media and society don't help matters by not embracing nature in beauty.

It has been something I've been insecure at from a young age, it started when I was made fun of at only 11 by having noticeable upper lip hair and constantly being told I had a moustache it got so bad I started to hate the word moustache and decided to do something about it at only 12 years old. I shouldn't have been worried about such meaningless stuff at a very young age. Things like this annoy me because it's not something you want to think about at such a young age and it's now something I have to commit to forever. If you are unsure what to do I will advise you to wait as long as possible and don't make a decision right away. I find that talking to girls who have the same problem helps a lot because everyone has body hair whether that's really fair or quite prominent. Girls have testosterone just less of it however some women react to it different to others that is why some women will have longer/darker body hair and can feel like they have more hair than men. It isn't someone we can change so I feel that it would make things a lot easier if we all accepted body hair on females as a part of nature.

Let me know if you have these problems and hopefully this post does help if you do.