My daughter, who has some French and some Sicilian ancestors, is hairier than many other women. She waxes her forearms. I personally think that this looks odder than having a bit of medium brown hair, but apparently this is something of a fad in her circle of friends. She also waxes her legs and face. I don’t know if she waxes anything else, nor will I ask her unless I’ve got a good reason to know.
Her arms and legs are VERY soft and smooth after she waxes them. It’s a very sensuous feel, sort of like a baby’s skin.
Shaver here. I’ve had a lot of long, dark arm hair my entire life (thanks, Grandma!). I don’t understand it. She’s English. My dad is Irish. So, I’m obviously very pale, which made the arm hair really noticeable. I just started shaving about 2 months ago. I just lost 100 pounds and now I care about how I look. My newly thin arms made the arm hair even more prominent. But I don’t have stubble, because I “freshen it up” every few days. It’s really smooth and soft, too.
I’ve had the exact same experience, more than once. If it’s thin and sparse and close to her skin complexion I can probably live with it. If it’s thick and prominent, no.
Of course the fact that I’m insecure about my own forearm hair may have something to do with it. I’ve never thought it was thick enough.
My beautiful darling Marcie has arm hair that she considers too long and unattractive. I never noticed it until she asked if it turned me off. Since nothing about her turns me off, I could honestly say that it didn’t. And it doesn’t. And if people are so judgemental about physical traits, they will cheat themselves of many worthwhile relationships.
I have a close female friend who has thickets of dark hair on her arms that embarrass her tremendously. I didn’t notice, until she pointed it out, but I have since noticed men staring at her arms with expressions of revulsion. She’s a beautiful girl with an incredibly pretty smile, so she attracts a lot of looks, and you can see guys check her out, get to her arms and then just get this “lip-curl” and turn away at that point. She waxes now, and while she finds it somewhat painful (due to the amount of hair being removed) there is a noticeable difference in the way guys look at her.
Yes, I think it’s sort of shallow, but I also think everyone has their own ideas of what’s attractive, and it’s no MORE shallow than probably any other preference.