HISTORY & CULTURE
Why Do Women Shave Their Legs?
We can blame fashion, advertising, and WWII.
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4 min readApr 28, 2021
Shaving is such a common practice in our modern society, that it seems like something we’ve done forever. However, upon further inspection that might not be so true. While some ancient civilizations shaved, there were hundreds of years where a large portion of humanity didn’t.