[ SECRET POST #2743 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2743 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What about modern hairstyles and language? And things like the women are usually wearing makeup and are shaven? Etc, etc.

[iceyred]

Not the OP, but it always throws me out of a story when I see women in primitive societies with smooth, hairless legs. Are they tweezing? Was Nair a thing in medieval times? What sorcery is this and how can I learn it?

[(Anonymous)]

http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/beauty/hair-removal/5-hair-removal-methods.htm

[iceyred]

That was really interesting. Thank you. :)

[(Anonymous)]

The shaven women! And hygiene, and the fact no one mentions how awful their breath is!

Also, I'm always disappointed that things like elimination, body odor, defecation, menstruation and other bodily functions are never dealt with. I know they may be extraneous to the plot, but let me know your characters need to pee every now and then!

[inkdust]

That's funny, I never have any interest in seeing the pee need, etc, addressed. If the characters don't seem to eat for three days, that's a different story.

[alexi_lupin]

If everyone didn't wash or brush their teeth though wouldn't you be used to it if that was just how you lived?

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't worry about hairless women - there's a special type of stone that you can get that removes hair through friction. Ancient peoples probably used that.

[(Anonymous)]

Game of Thrones -------------------------> that way

[(Anonymous)]

sa - sorry misfire

[philstar22]

Why would you assume that modern beauty standards were a thing in all societies, though? Just because women could shave doesn't mean that they would in every society in history. There are some settings where it really isn't realistic.

[ketita]

I vote for a return of the monobrow!

[annethecatdetective]

Right. Like, if it's ancient Egypt, then yes, shaved all over. But if it's like a 'ye olde' European-based society, I don't know... I'd just like at least some unruly eyebrows on a 'beautiful' woman or something. SOMETHING.

(but inversely I once yelled at the television because someone said something about body hair in ancient Egypt, where they did remove it all)

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. And for large portions of history beauty trends have been confined to the rich.

Living as a peasant through the plague era in Europe, or even in Shakespeare's London when the life expectancy was 31? Yeah I'm sure women were really concerned about their leg hair.

[duaedesigns]

I know I've seen exerts of Victorian-era erotica that really went on about how sexy long abundant pubes and leg hair were.

Which makes sense, chest bumpies are just one of many signs of puberty and sexual maturity, so why should they always be the only one seen as sexy?

And in ancient Japan they used iron-based dye to dye their teeth black since white teeth were imperfect and yellowed over time, but black teeth were perfect and unchanging.

Beauty standards are fascinating.

[(Anonymous)]

Reading about foot binding was just absolutely depressing though.. just damn..

[duaedesigns]

Yeah, it really is.

There's also a whole exhibit on deadly Victorian fashions.

http://www.wwd.com/eye/parties/deadly-victorian-fashions-spotlighted-at-torontos-bata-museum-7786555

[(Anonymous)]

I will never be able to get the images of what those feet look like when not covered out out if my head ever. Those poor girls and women.

Thanks for the link.

[(Anonymous)]

Together with the blackened teeth, there was also a trend to shave your eyebrows and paint on fake ones very high up on your forehead.

And in Elizabethan times, European women removed some hair as well - just not body hair but eyebrows and the hairline to give them a higher forehead.

[may_lily]

I really want to find out more about sexy Victorian leg hair, would you happen to remember any sources?

[duaedesigns]

Hmm, I misremembered and it wasn't leg hair specifically, but breast, pube, and back hair.

http://www.robinwolfe.com/victorian-porn-friday-10/