Can I ask what society you’re referring to here? I stopped shaving my legs at about 25, while in a conservative office in the northeastern US, then moved to Germany. They’re both relatively progressive areas, and I can imagine things might be different in other places, but I haven’t had any problems or confrontations because of my leg hair. I’ve had the occasional remark, sometimes from a man completely out of pocket (mostly telling me they don’t want to fuck me, which is… exactly the situation I want, I guess), but they’re mostly from women, wishing they could do the same. I never know what to say to the latter, except that it’s not as bad as I expected it to be. My armpit hair, on the other hand, has provoked some horrific bile, mostly from men and occasionally from women.

I don’t really care, because I’m not doing it for approval, but it’s fucked up that people feel entitled to comment on something that absolutely doesn’t concern them and is literally just the path of least resistance for a mammal such as myself.