Julia Jentsch's underarms
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nimrond — 12 years ago(September 03, 2013 10:54 AM)
What he says is laughable in other regards too. Even though all cultures around the globe show a revulsion to feces, babies do not - it is something you learn. You learn it in every culture as far as I know, because surrounding yourself with feces all day would pose a serious health risk for you. Similarly, we learn to feel revulsion towards insects or spiders, because they look very different to mammals and we learn to fear the unknown and possibly because we associate them with an unclean environment. But not everybody does and in many cultures people don't develop this supposed instinct at all - they might even consider an insect as a delicious food source.
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vicky_lc2001 — 12 years ago(February 12, 2014 10:30 AM)
Being hairy (aside from head hair) is associated with masculinity or testosterone. So it makes sense for men to be attracted generally to women who exhibit feminine features rather than masculine.
As for degree on hairiness, then it depends doesn't it. Having hair on legs doesn't necessarily mean hairy. In the Philippines for example, girls tend to pluck their underarm hair (some will shave though), but many will not shave their leg hair.
It is both cultural & natural, like beauty, both subjective & instinctive.
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hppg — 12 years ago(February 14, 2014 09:10 PM)
Well, yes and no. There's a pretty big difference between a "hairy" woman and a hairy man (coarseness, thickness, darkness and coverage) so I'd say the types of hair growing on women was probably not seen as very masculine in the past.
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Boopy77 — 9 years ago(June 10, 2016 09:19 PM)
if you are going to respond so emphatically, at least know a BIT of whereof you speak, because you, kind sir/madame, are utterly and completely wrong! In fact, women did NOT shave pits and legs up until the wise marketing people at I think it was Gillette wanted to sell more, natch, so they made it seem only right for women to shave wherever they could convince them they needed to shave! Also there was a time when women never exposed legs or armpits, so I suppose the idea never really was thought about quite as much as after the miniskirt came into vogue. The fact is you are so wrong in saying this (unless you are kidding which did occur to me) if you read up on the history behind shaving. Moreover I have read that in some cultures both men and women PREFER the hair where it is supposed to be by HUMAN NATURE (here you sound particularly idiotic) because it retains the human and sexual scents for attraction (or repulsion if you don't want a certain someone.) It makes sense that completely ignoring human attraction and what propels it would in fact be going AGAINST human nature. You say a lot of things that are wrong and make zero sense. Maybe you like smelling fake perfume or ignoring human instinct, but I think it's important to pay attention to scent when it comes to attraction. In fact, not shaving makes perfect sense (or scents, haha) and HAS BEEN STUDIED in kind of hilarious experiments done, in which they measured levels of sexual excitement in men and in women when taking a whiff of hairy pits! Go check it out on pubmed these experiments were actually done, not sure who volunteeredbut it had interesting results that go against everything you say unless you think civilization means mating with the exact wrong people (people who your nose would alert you to NOT mate with, for example.) Now how funny is it that a simple question about this actor's pits actually taught us all something? (Not sure how much or what, but there ya go)
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karanwe-1 — 15 years ago(May 02, 2010 07:17 PM)
I live in central Europe - Poland namely, and it is the most natural and common thing for women here to shave their legs and armpits, for young women especiallly. Not doing so is regarded as negligence. In my life i have seen a few women who didn't do that - mostly elderly or middle-aged women of lower economic status.
I think this is also the case in other countries of central and eastern Europe.
It is true though that this ritual is strongly connected with culture and may represent the social pressure that is put on women to be always attractive and please men, the same way as make-up does. -
luntenriecher — 17 years ago(June 27, 2008 04:26 PM)
I totally agree that it's just a cultural and sociological matter whether or how much women shave their armpits and other body parts, but just to defend fw-bz a little: He didn't say that all women who shave their armpits/etc. are porn stars, but that all (at least feminine mainstream) porn stars do so. I don't like seeing misunderstandings (being) unfold because of cause and consequence being mixed up.
And by the way I can imagine quite well that there are enough (poorly satisfied ^^) men who think that all women are shaved at anytime because they don't know it better from the porn movies they consume frequently, even though just few women in their "real" cultural and local environment do. -
zyk007jdg — 19 years ago(March 23, 2007 05:30 AM)
i agree with leona. jule doesn't seem to be the kind of girl who pays too much attention to her appearance, I mean, look at her hair, it's a little greasy she has to work a lot to pay for her debts, so I guess the director decided that she wouldn't have so much time spent on her clothes or hair or her anything.
BTW, I didn't notice anything until I read about this thread.
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FridaLouise — 18 years ago(December 19, 2007 07:53 AM)
That is because its a stupid question.
I didnt even notice that in the movie.
I am kind of disgusted by people like you. I would never shave my armpits because of some stupid ideal. I am 16 years old and I live in Sweden. I would never shave my armpits to please someone else. People should realize that women have hair on other places than the head
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el_diablo2003 — 18 years ago(December 23, 2007 09:44 PM)
No need to get upset. I didn't notice Jule's body hair at all in the film, but she has (and you probably have as well) very light colored body hair. Not to be presumptuous, but since you mention you are Swedish I'm guessing I'm right. I have a friend who has a very fair complexion and light body hair. She doesn't shave either, and it's not a big deal. You can hardly tell, except in direct sunlight. I, on the other hand, have really dark and coarse hair and if I don't remove it, I'll be the first to admit it looks pretty gross. I bet if you were dark, you'd do it too. Every girl and her luck, I suppose.
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CologneKev89 — 18 years ago(December 29, 2007 05:49 PM)
pretty funny how people from america see europe..
Im an 18-years old boy from Cologne, Germany and every Boy and Girl in my age shave their underarms and the girls shave their leggs, too.
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cpuller-642-329716 — 15 years ago(April 25, 2010 05:49 AM)
Im an 18-years old boy from Cologne, Germany and every Boy and Girl in my age shave their underarms and the girls shave their leggs, too.
Furthermore older women do it, too.
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andri-file — 10 years ago(July 01, 2015 07:24 AM)
Actually you shave them because they start to smell bad pretty quickly, no matter how often you bathe. Anyway since you live in Sweden, the average temperatures there might make shaving less obligatory. Saying that, no one is forcing you to not smell bad
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wutschwlllm — 18 years ago(May 24, 2007 12:45 PM)
I live in Austria and although I do not pay particular attention to things like that, I still believe that most females (also younger ones)
do not
shave their underarms. However, most of them do shave their armpits and legs. I do not believe it is that different in Germany.
Was this part of her role?
Or did Jentsch just happen not to shave her underarms at that time?
I don't know if Julia Jentsch does not shave her underarms, but it definitely fits her role. If she played a character who is more concerned with her looks (which I would call superficial), it would probably not fit the character.
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candyshapedratpoison — 18 years ago(May 28, 2007 09:07 AM)
i don't think it was part of the role. i live in germany, and every girl i know, including myself, shaves her legs/armpits. but nobody i know shaves their underarms. maybe some do, but it's a minority, i think. it's just not as "important".
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