Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Wondering About White People--Hirsutism


Continuing my random train of thoughts about caucasian folks. I wonder what it's like to be so hairy. White people are probably more hirsute than anybody else on earth. Many black and hispanic populations aren't nearly as hairy as whites. In fact, many are nearly as hairless as Asians. When I say hairless, I don't mean lack of axillary or groin hair which everybody has once they develop puberty. I'm talking about the thick mat of hair white people have on their chests, back, arms, and legs, but who surprisingly also seem to bald quite early and often.

Take a look at this picture of my forearm. No, I didn't shave or wax it. It's au naturel, with not a visible hair on the skin. If you look really closely, like with a magnifying glass, you can see very fine and short strands of hair there but nothing like the thick hair you see on many white people.

What is it like to be living in a house full of hairy people? Are there strands of people hair all over the house like pet hair on the furniture of owners of cats and dogs? My shower drain clogs up pretty easily with hair from my head if I don't put a filter over it. Do white people's drains clog that much faster from all the hair that falls off their bodies when they bathe?

And what is it like to shave your body? I can understand shaving facial hair as I've done that for decades. But to shave your chest and back? Or worse to wax them like the "40 Year Old Virgin"? How do you reach all the different curves and crevices of the body to shave all that surface area. Don't the blades wear down pretty quickly doing that? Since white people seem to grow their facial hair faster than most Asians (I only need to shave my face once every two days while many white people I know have to shave twice a day) doesn't it get tedious to do this all the time? Seems like a pretty laborious task to me.

Isn't it funny how white people spend money to get rid of the hair on their torsos then spend even more money to plant hair on the top of their heads? Why can't they be happy with the hair distribution that God gave them? I don't see too many Asians getting hair transplants. I don't think Asians are nearly that vain. Balding is just a natural part of aging and we understand that and don't try to hide that fact. Except my father who decided to do a combover once he started going bald. That is something no men should ever do. Go proud and go bald. At least we don't ever have to waste money getting a painful wax job on our chests.

1 comment:

  1. White guys that have hairy chests often think of themselves as being extra manly.
    The hairier=the manlier, though they are aware that excessive back/ass hair is not attractive. As someone who once had a hairy boyfriend, I can say, the drain isn't an issue; maybe chest hair just doesn't shed that often, dunno. I think Most hairy men actually don't bother to remove it, and don't typically bother to shave body hair unless they have some reason like swimming or a special event... again, because they don't see it as a problem. Comedies like to play on this by showing a hairy guy getting waxed, but part of the joke is that it's not only feminine to be hair-free, but it is feminine to get waxed. The subtle joke is: smooth men (and as you mentioned, most non-white men have less hair) are feminine, and feminine men are funny, har.har.har.

    It seems (western) society is starting to change their view on what is acceptably hair for men, and also a backlash against said movement with things like Duck Dynasty glorifying the extra hairy.

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