French women are sharing photos of their body hair for a very good reason
 

French women are sharing photos of their body hair for a very good reason
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LONDON —*Women in France are sharing photos of their hairy legs and armpits to fight body hair stigma.

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Women are sharing photos using the hashtag #LesPrincessesOntDesPoils, meaning #PrincessesHaveHair.*

The hashtag was started by 16-year-old Adèle Labo, who encouraged others to share photos of their body hair to prove that there's **thing ab**rmal about it.*



The pressure for women to remove their body hair is **thing new. A 2005 study showed that 99% of women reported removing their body hair;*most commonly from the underarms, legs, pubic area, and eyebrows.* Read more...


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