What's with all the "pubic hair" references in this movie?
Uttered by Jeff Bridges, thanks.
shareTo go bare, bushy, or something in between has been a personal decision women have weighed since the 1980s when pubic hair styles became a thing. But in this particular moment in history, women are becoming aware and outraged over unreasonable beauty standards more than ever before. In a time when even our president is a menace to gender equality, women are increasingly on guard when it comes to other people trying to control their bodies. Scores of people who didn't think much about gender five years ago are now proudly identifying as feminists. Half a dozen female celebrities shaved their heads at one point, conveying a message that I interpreted to mean, "I no longer accept your expectations of femininity." There's no denying it: right now is a time of revolt. You'd think the revolution would have to make its way down to our bikini lines, too—right? To get to the bottom of pubic hair trends, I spoke with Katie Slanina, esthetician and owner of Skintuition in Southern California; Christian Karavolas, laser specialist and owner of Romeo & Juliette Laser Hair Removal Spa in New York City; and Pamela Jeschonek, esthetician and owner of Everyday Esthetics outside of Pittsburgh—people who observe how real women shape their bikini lines every day. It follows that because people are wearing their feminism as boldly as they are right now, we would want to keep the message going by rejecting the Brazilian waxes that the porn industry taught us we need. It seems, though, that as angry and rebellious as women are right now, not many people seem to want to bring back the full bush. Of course, an outright rejection of any kind of pubic hair grooming isn't right either—the point is that you're not supposed to feel pressured as to what to do with your body hair. Pressure to grow it out for fear of being labeled a "bad feminist" is a real thing too.
shareEven so, was THAT EXACTLY what Jeff Bridges' character there was thinking?
share"Pressure to grow it out for fear of being labeled a "bad feminist" is a real thing too."
Why can't they just ignore it, no matter how "real" it is?
He was trying to prevent the, ah, spread of the trend started by pedophiles to convince grown women to shave their pubic hair. He failed, obviously.
shareJesus Christ, p-philes, but then again, plenty of adults and adult women prefer shaved ones, is it really a huge deal then?
And besides, given how we are discussing what one CHARACTER SAID in a FICTIONAL FILM that is this one - Fisher King, is any or even all of that really relevant?