Remember my post on the possibility of removing b-wax in NJ? Well, it seems like the women (and a few men) of New Jersey can breathe easy. Although the verdict is not final, it appears that the ban will be lifted. This writer of this article poses the question "Why would anyone endure the indignity of having hot wax smeared across her private parts by a torturer - I mean esthetician - if she didn't have to?" I thought it was quite interesting because she mentioned that the idea of b-wax came from pornography. Apparently it started with gay porn. According to an English professor at Elizabethtown College, after the outbreak of AIDS, several filmmakers thought it was a cleaner look for men. Soon, the trend slipped into heterosexual movies. "TV shows such as 'Sex and the City' also helped popularize the Brazilian wax, which some critics claim is yet another way to infantilize women."
It's unbelieveable how much of our lives are influenced and shaped by the media. We probably don't even notice most of the time. And I suppose I never have thought that b-wax was also derived from media influence. But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense; after all, b-wax and other types of waxing are en effort to beautify ourselves.
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090325_Jenice_Armstrong__A_waxing_question.html
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment