Une femme qui ne s’épile plus depuis six ans a suscité un véritable buzz sur les réseaux sociaux en partageant son ressenti sur la “tâche pénible” que représente l’épilation.
“Je m’épilais régulièrement depuis des années, et cela me semblait pénible, mais aussi nécessaire — en tant que femme — pour me sentir belle, hygiénique et attirante”, explique Georgia Peck, coach en santé holistique, dans sa vidéo devenue virale sur TikTok.
Elle a ensuite détaillé les raisons de son choix : “Honnêtement, c’est beaucoup de travail, et les poils qui repoussaient déjà le lendemain étaient très inconfortables.”
“C’était devenu une chose de plus que j’essayais de corriger chez moi, alors qu’il n’y avait rien à corriger. Pourquoi est-ce complètement normal que les hommes aient des poils sur le corps, alors que chez les femmes, c’est considéré comme peu attirant et non hygiénique ?” s’interroge Peck.
La vidéo a déjà été visionnée plus de 8 millions de fois, et elle a reçu de nombreux messages de soutien dans les commentaires. “J’aimerais que plus de gens fassent cela — ce serait plus normalisé. Les choix dictés par la honte sont toujours mauvais”, a écrit un internaute.
00:00I haven't shaved my legs or my armpits in over six years and I used to shave on a very regular basis for years and it did feel like a chore but it also felt necessary to as a woman to feel beautiful and hygienic and attractive but over time I did wonder to myself why am I doing this and here are four reasons why I stopped shaving.
00:20First, it's honestly such a hassle and the spikiness that would begin to grow back after just a day after shaving was quite uncomfortable and not to mention the ingrown hairs that would sometimes occur, it became another thing on my list, another thing I was trying to fix within myself that wasn't inherently broken.
00:37Second, I started to question the double standard, why is it considered totally normal for men to have body hair but for women it's considered unattractive and unhygienic, hair in itself isn't inherently dirty and it's not shameful, it actually plays an important function for our body otherwise why would we have it, it helps balance our temperature, it even holds pheromones and it's protective and yet as women we've been told to strip it away as if our natural body is something to change.
01:05Third, the products most of us use to actually remove armpit and leg hair are completely full of hormone disrupting chemicals, fragrance, parabens, phthalates, chemical coated bleeds, we're using them on warm and open pores directly over lymph nodes and sensitive areas and over time you really have to wonder what is this constant exposure doing to our hormones, our skin barrier, our liver, our overall system.
01:31Fourth, I wanted to feel at home in my body again, just wild and natural and I didn't realise just how much, how many aspects of my beauty routine were just trying to cover up parts of myself and allowing my hair to grow back again was one of the pieces of the puzzle that allowed me to trust my natural rhythm again with a softness and a wild beauty that wasn't shaped by trends or pressures.
01:55The purpose of this video isn't to tell you to stop shaving, if it feels good for you genuinely then continue but I would definitely opt for more stainless steel razor instead of a plastic one and for natural oils and creams instead of synthetic lotions or shaving cream.
02:13But if it feels like a chore or more of a shame based choice or a should, then maybe it's time to ask why.
02:20Because true beauty doesn't come from erasing natural parts of ourselves, it comes from our own confident choices that are good for us, from authentic embodiment, from being unapologetically fully you.
02:33What do you think about this topic? Drop a comment below.
