The argument ‘why is it there then?’ is still flawed, even if you are sHoCkEd by an argument by comparison.
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Yeah, the third post is "Local Tumblr User Doesn't Understand Reductio ad Absurdum; More at 11."
The user isn't saying leg hair is like cancer (like fucking obviously; how disingenuous would you be to even suggest that?). They're saying the argument of "it wouldn't grow there if it wasn't supposed to" is completely stupid – that it has little discriminative power to distinguish what's good and bad if you don't already know. It isn't even nearly limited to the absurdity of that contradictory example:
"Sorry, honey, but the dick cheese wouldn't be there if it wasn't supposed to."
It's a fine-ish retort to get a seven-year-old to chill out, but it's total bullshit when you don't already know leg hair on women is fine. Pointing out that "Gravity is real because most people think it is" is a bad argument by saying "Germs didn't exist because most people thought they didn't" doesn't mean I'm trying to deny gravity is real; I'm pointing out the argument doesn't hold water regardless of what the fallacy (in the OP's case, a pretty clear appeal to nature) was supporting.
TL;DR: Denying the means, not the conclusion.
The more accurate question being asked is "Why is body hair supposed to grow on men, but not on women?"
It is?
Ask 100 women what they think of facial hair on men.
The results indicated that the women found men with light stubble most attractive; these men were preferred as both short- and long-term partners. However, the women perceived male faces with full beards as the most masculine, aggressive, and socially mature; the women also thought these men looked older. Men's faces with light beards were considered the most dominant.
Research by Dixson and Brooks (2013) used similar procedures and recorded judgments by both men and women on the faces of men with varying degrees of facial hair. As in the first study, women found stubble on men most attractive, (In this study, the stubble was heavier.) Nevertheless, women rated men with full beards as the highest for perceived parenting ability and healthiness. Overall, as facial hair increased, women's ratings of masculinity increased, too—particularly for women who reported being at the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle. Men had similar judgments of facial hair, except that they found full beards as appealing as heavy stubble. Men also noted a greater perception of masculinity as facial hair increased.
Overall, these ratings suggest that an intermediate level of facial stubble is more attractive for a sex partner, while a fuller beard is perceived as indicative of someone with good fathering ability and more investment in offspring.
Heyyyy turns out when you ask 100 women what they think of facial hair on men, they overwhelmingly prefer it.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-attraction-doctor/201607/do-women-prefer-men-with-beards
ZZ Top wasted a lot of money on dressing sharp when it was the beards all along.
Were you aware that the face and legs are two separate parts of the body?
Ask 100 men what they think of hairy legs on women.
There's a reason that there is a skirt mentioned as being worn by the babysitter in the story.
Please don't sit here and pretend that the body hair standard for women and men in western society is at all similar.
As the 100th man, the more hair on people the better.
Your feelings are valid, I just don't get to bust this one out too often. Couldn't pass it up.
If only your opinion was the majority!
My Wife: "I'm just warning you, I haven't shaved in a few days."
Me: "Oh no! Anyway..."
"If I didn't want a sexy sasquatch, I wouldn't have married my best friend."
I wonder how old people have to be to get the “more at 6” capper. I know I use it a lot so my kids get it, but I’d bet most don’t.
I legit heard a news anchor say “and what it could mean for your weekend” on the TV at a bar recently, so they’re keeping it alive.
I'm 60, and I realized recently, maybe in the past five years, that I've lost all the hair on my legs. I was a bit confused, I remember having hair on my legs, so I looked at some old pictures. Yep, I used to have hairy legs. I like having smooth legs, it's nice. I still have all the hair on my head, so that's good, too. Small consolation for having one foot in the grave, I suppose.
but did they watch sonic the hedgehog?
He’s not comparing hair to cancer, he is demonstrating that just because something grows doesn’t mean it’s supposed to be there.
Women are supposed to have body hair.
Tumors don't grow on a majority of people, hair does.
90% of people have herpes simplex virus. Everyone(?) on Earth catches the common cold repeatedly throughout their lives.
Trying to appeal to nature about leg hair is a dumb argument that only "works" because you already – correctly – understand leg hair is fine in a medical (safe) and sociological (acceptable/should be accepted) context.
I remember following Iguanamouth on tumblr back in the day, she always posted good stuff.
That happened
As a hairy woman, this kind of situation really does happen. Hope that helps widen your view of the world a little bit.
MFW Velma was Shaggy all along!
It wasn't until my 30s when I grew out all the hair on my body for the first time. An entire lifetime of catering to the male gaze.
It was personally revolutionary to be honest.