Yeah Kostik, et al., Helen’s comments weren’t exactly “enlightened,” were they? But I’m happy to see her remarks … Thanks kiddo!
See, this (actually) prejudicial attitude toward men’s hair removal was pervasive in electrology … and it has only gotten somewhat better (at least among so-called professionals).
Women often go into depression over a hair or two on their boobs … maybe a tiny mustache … but a guy who wants a blanket of hair removed is “sort of weird.” Women can be just as dense as men, although we’re typically “stupider” on such issues.
How about this, “I find a couple boob hairs sort of sexy … I like to play with them.” How does THAT sound?
When I started getting my own body hair removed, nearly all the electrologists told me I was weird and added that they thought my hair looked SEXY! One asked me point blank if I was a “transvestite?” (I didn’t know what the word meant.) They cheeped me out!
One of them ran her hands through my hair and made a sexual comment. This was not a welcome remark when I was 22-years-old and the “old geezer” was in their 50s! Could a male electrologist “get away with that shit?”
The bottom line is that nobody owes anybody ANY explanation for why they want their hair removed. It’s your damned body … nobody else’s!
Even today, nearly all my male clients encountered sexist comments from their former electrologists … we still have some “work to do!” One (new customer) guy, I will say is drop-dead gorgeous, was repeatedly propositioned by his female electrologist! And, I don’t mean just “going to lunch!”
You know what? We guys just want our hair removed like you do … PLEASE save us from your sexist comments, judgments and innuendo. Just shut up and “pluck 'em!”
