Quote Originally Posted by Vincent, Thunder God
Back to the main topic... Shaving a beard is fine. There are practical reasons to. But shaving legs... think on this for a second.

The media is constantly pushing people to buy more products. Hair care products and/ or electric shavers are some of them. Already those working in advertising have worn down the barriers so that women have to shave all the time. Beleive it or not kids, women didn't always shave their legs, armpits and/or other places, and people didn't care at the time.

Now, if advertisers can pressure men into feeling self-concious about hair on their body (other than on the face... there are already practical reasons to shave there) they can make even more money. And us men are falling right into that trap. Isn't it all sort of ridiculous?

I shave my face. I, like everyone, conform to some basic social pressures around appearance. But my legs? No. I'm not going to conform to our increasingly commercialized lifestyle any more than that.
I understand your point, but I never really cared about media and whatnot.
I started shaving legs while I still thought it was VERY uncommon among guys.
I just started shaving them because it felt nice, not because "everyone else seemed to do it".

Screw the media, I say; just do what feels right for you.