Nowadays people do weird stuff and post it online hoping that their posts will get viral and they become famous overnight. Again this time it happens in China where young women raise up their arms to take selfies showing off
their armpit hair, which they then post online to support women's
rights and just maybe win a prize in one very unconventional photography
competition.
The 2015 Armpit Hair
Competition, which kicked off on Weibo on May 26 and ends on June 26 has attracted many enthusiastic participants. The hashtag #WomensArmpitHairCompetition has piqued the interest of more than a million curious netizens and has generated thousands of comments.
In exploring the root of this hairy issue, the Global Times asks the eternal question: "To shave or not to shave". One contestant,
Charlie Liu, a 25-year-old environmental researcher in Beijing,
submitted her black-and-white wearing just a bra and proudly
showing of her armpit hair with the caption: "I love my armpit hair,
which is a part of my soft body hair. I hope girls will show it off
without fear."
Liu told the Global Times she used to shave her armpit hair in college but not anymore. She asserts that women's need to shave their body hair is a direct result of commercials and advertising. Not only she is maintaining her armpit hair, she is considering taking up a step further and dyeing her armpit hair.
People will definitely have mixed views on this issue as it won't take one contest to completely change people's perception. To shave or not to shave will remain a hot topic for many years to come.
The idea of the contest was first mooted by 26-year-old feminist activist Xiao Yue who thinkgs that it could bring attention to the idea that women do not need to be
hairless to feel beautiful. Prizes will be given out for the most
"characteristic, beautiful and confident" displays of online armpit
hair. The contest is quirky enough but what is more bizarre and unbelievable are the prizes given out for winners: first place winner receives 100 condoms, second place gets a
vibrator and the lucky third place winner gets 10 female urination
devices. How crazy can it be!
Xiao says. Xiao Yue strongly feels that women's underarm hair can be adorable, interesting, sexy and ever-changing. People shouldn't consider women's armpit hair to be offensive, rude and
ungraceful.
According to Xiao, the concept of armpit hair being uncivilized is
another unwelcome Western import that didn't catch on in China until the
1990s and now is being propagated by the media and advertisers in order
to promote consumerism and shaving cream over natural beauty.
Liu told the Global Times she used to shave her armpit hair in college but not anymore. She asserts that women's need to shave their body hair is a direct result of commercials and advertising. Not only she is maintaining her armpit hair, she is considering taking up a step further and dyeing her armpit hair.
People will definitely have mixed views on this issue as it won't take one contest to completely change people's perception. To shave or not to shave will remain a hot topic for many years to come.
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| Famous actress Tang Wei (汤唯) who exposed her armpit hair on movie. |
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