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politica · Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Location: Suwon-si

So, this is somewhat of a random post, but I was just thinking about it last night.

How do Koreans feel about body hair on women? Let me back up . . . I'm a bit of a hippie. Okay, a big time hippie. And I don't shave. What do you suppose the reaction will be (I leave for the Seoul area in about six weeks)? Will I be stuck wearing pants and sleeved-tops all the time?

Thanks in advance!

(and p.s.- if you have something shitty to say about body hair on women, you can just keep it to yourself)

peppermint · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:51 am Post subject:

You'll probably be fine with unshaven legs, though I'd recommend sleeved tops most of the time. Many Koreans find bare shoulders to be quite revealing, though oddly, chicks wearing microminis in February don't seem to phase them

blurgalurgalurga · Joined: 18 Oct 2007

Korean women are a pretty un-hairy lot, so the whole shaving thing doesn't come up much (in casual life), as it would in a caucasian country.
Just let 'er rip dude, nobody's gonna fire you. If you're teaching kids thouhg they might try to pluck a bit of it for the sheer novelty.

browneyedgirl · Joined: 17 Jul 2007

I honestly don't think anyone will hold it against you, but they will stare at you no matter what because you're a foreigner. Wearing shorts or pants, you're going to have people looking at you. Very Happy

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject:

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

i have had a number of k-girlfriends and one thing they do not seem to do is shave "down there". i know some do, but i think they have to watch western porn before they would even consider it.

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject:

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

Yeah, I've seen a few programs where the running gag is that it's an Asian woman at a beauty salon and she is mortified by the hairiness of Western women down there. I never understood how the Asian actresses reconciled that with themselves.

Kenny Kimchee · Joined: 12 May 2003

aldershot · Joined: 17 Jul 2006

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

I'm surprised that this thread has gotten so far without somebody sarcastically announcing, "Hooray! Another slovenly white hippie girl in Korea!" I'm proud of you guys' maturity.

SeoulFinn · Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Location: 1h from Seoul

As I mentioned in "Bikini wax" thread...

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

R-Seoul · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Location: your place

I once dated a girl who shaved the hair off her upper lip but didn't feel it necessary to shave her legs.

If you're a bush man like me, then Korea is hirsuite heaven....

Oreovictim · Joined: 23 Aug 2006

I have hairy arms and legs, and I got stared at quite a bit, and I'm a guy. Being that you're a woman, I could see how you would really get stared at and probably made fun of, too. If you have thick skin, bare it, sister. If you're self-conscious about it, cover up.