First, grooming habits became a way for the elite to enforce their status. As bathing became widely available, new standards of scent made for lucrative business opportunities.
Teen girls and young women start cutting or engaging in other self-harming behaviors during adolescence because of struggles with navigating overwhelming emotions or feelings, intense social pressures, suicidal ideation, to provide a sense of relief or control, as a coping mechanism, or due to diffi...
When did walking sticks start to decline in popularity? The decline of walking sticks began in the early 20th century. As societies moved towards more casual fashion norms and the automobile industry boomed, the necessity and desirability for such accessories lessened: they were viewed as antiquated...
“If you get a cut, your body’s just not able to fight it or heal it like it would in a normal lymphatic system. So, that’s always a risk,” she explains. “Some doctors will even recommend against shaving your legs because the risk of getting cut or having an infection is just...
When Did Humans Start Shaving—And Why? The Role Of Hormones In Hair Growth Although we understand how and why young women in the modern age are so reluctant to voluntarily nurture their facial hair, it’s true that facial hair growth in women is much less prolific than in men. Now, let...
The average man spends more than a month out of his lifetime shaving his beard [source: The Economist]. Women hunch over their legs with razor in hand for hundreds of hours to meticulously strip away of thousands of unwanted hairs. While the hair we see on the outside of our bodies ...
The thing that did me in? She made noises, like all the time, and then giggle at herself.She'd sit down in a chair "ploppppp, hehe." She'd fluff up a pillow "foof foof foof hehe." She'd use the TV remote "pshew pshew hehe." We'd eat out "cunch cunch hehe."At the ...
so I did read a book done by some women who write a coupon blog and learned about cycle-shopping: first, you check the sale papers on wednesday, make your grocery list based on what’s on sale (meats, veggies, etc) and buy according to that instead of making your list first and ...
Ethicists agree: two wrongs do make a right so long as Bush did it first The aftermath of the 'War on Women 2014' finds a new 'Lost Generation' of disillusioned Democrat politicians, unable to cope with life out of office White House: Republican takeover of the Senate is a clear...
clean-shaven, lingerie-touting women set a new standard of sexiness. By 1964, 98% of American women aged 15 to 44 were regularly shaving their legs. Wax strips and the first laser hair removal also debuted around then, though the latter was quickly abandoned for its damaging effects on the...