Betty, Betty why?

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Did you ever wonder where it all started? The "shaving of the legs", I mean? I had a moment the other day as I was searching to shave every last leg hair. They like to hide until I'm done, and when the shaver is safely away and I've dried my legs, then sure enough I find I've missed a patch right in the middle of my shin! Oh man! Pre-Wedding day, I shaved four times in one day! Does this happen to anyone else? Anyways, the "moment!" I sat there wondering "why" do we do this! What crazy person started this ritual. Trusty internet to the rescue! It all started with the popularity of the shorter skirts that arrived back in the 1940's. One would need to call upon "Heckatea" (no I am not a wiccan) to curse the woman who started it all...Betty Grable. The photo shown above is the historical marker to the woman's shaving movement. After this photo was released it was hip and sexy to show your silky smooth gams in public. Start cursing ladies, but don't you dare stop shaving!

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Anonymous said…
Shaving is a total pain but you gotta admit the legs look better shaved. As a cyclist I've learned that all the male cyclists shave their legs too. At least some of the guys are aware of the effort it takes for us chicks to look good!
9:28 AM
Shannon Morgan said…
I second that about legs looking better shaved. Had a friend who never shaved her legs, but in college, she played a part where she had to wear pantyhose, and even she thought it looked gross to have the hair poking out, so she shaved.
12:17 PM
Kathie's Spot on the Web! said…
We shave our legs because most of us can't stand it when the wind blows it around when we wear shorts.lol.
1:49 PM
Mark W. said…
1940's, huh?...now it makes more sense why those crazy Victorians wore multilayed full-length skirts AND pantaloons even while playing tennis! Maybe they weren't so crazy after all! Feminists should be praising Grable for allowing women the freedom to wear more comfortable clothes without feeling "manly"! The irony!
4:51 PM
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