When did women first start to shave their legs?

Answer 1

They started shavin their pubic hair around 1912.

Actually, most women started shaving their pubic region during the 1980's. Porn had a big influence . Porn producer's thought if women shaved, we could see that area without hair and it would be even more erotic.

It slowly changed into the idea that if one didn't shave down there, you were dirty and un-kept.This idea has become wildly accepted in the west and shaving is practiced by both men and women.

Answer 2

When they feel like it after it grows of course, behaviours differs from one person to another.

some does it before their first time sexual relationship.

others ever since it start growing

some do not shave at all

and finally some women shave it only when they are about to give birth.

there is no fix answer for it, it depends.

Answer 3

Shaving and epilation have been around for many centuries. Epilation, using the string method as well as natural waxes dervived from sugars and honey probably dates back hundreds and thousands of years.

It was not until in Europe during the Renaissance and thereafter that styling the bikini area became fashionable in shapes like hearts and pussy cats, mainly due to hygene reasons. Leg shaving was secondary. As we approached the 19th and 20th centuries fashions changed and modern medicine discovered hygene for longevity, cleanliness and respect to others. Entering the 1920's when dresses were hiked, corsets were dismissed and sleeves were abandoned. Women started to shave under their arms and legs.

Some cultures in the Middle East would have started the epilation trend as far back as the ancient world through natural means. Europeans adopted it much later on. Now in the modern world all corners of the globe practice it.

Some cultures prefer hair free women over others, some find hirsuite women more attractive whereas some like the western world find the hair free the better. Some cultures are virtually hair free like the Orient and Africa and some have an abundance of hair like the Middle eastern, southern Europeans and surprisingly the very blonde Nordic countries too although being fair and blonde no-one really notices.

Answer 4

There are a few different answers to this question. We know that humans have been shaving since at least 6000 B.C., using shark teeth, flint knives, and other basic tools to shed their hair. Razors didn't appear until the bronze age (roughly 3000 B.C.).

Of course, cultural attitudes towards body hair have differed greatly over the millennia. Ancient Egyptian women (and men, for that matter) shaved their entire bodies, as they saw hair as "uncivilized." Meanwhile, in some Middle Eastern countries, a bride's attendants shaved her entire body the night before her wedding (with the notable exception of her eyebrows and the hair on her head).

We don't have many reliable historic texts to indicate Western attitudes towards female body hair, but we can safely assume that underarm hair and leg hair wasn't a significant priority for women prior to the 1900s. Why? For starters, women didn't show off their body hair; they wore long dresses that covered them from head to toe, so investing in depilatory creams and razors wouldn't have made much sense.

That changed in 1915, when razor company Gillette introduced the Milady Decollete, which author Russell B. Adams Jr. described as "the first razor designed and marketed specifically for women." Contemporary ads billed it as the "safest and most sanitary method of acquiring a smooth underarm."

So, what changed? Some historians believe that new fashions--including sleeveless dresses and bathing suits--prompted a reevaluation of feminine beauty. Others point to the growing popularity of fashion magazines like Ladies Home Journal and Harper's Bazaar.

The razor company Schick offers another explanation: "During World War II there was a shortage of silk stockings causing many women to shave their legs and to use leg makeup to give the appearance of stockings."

Regardless of how the trend started, it spread quickly in the early 20th century. By the 1920s, women were regularly shaving and waxing.

Answer 5

it depends how hairy you are. i started in the 4 grade

Answer 6

They ussaly start at 10or11