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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 38 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Women significantly outnumbered men among respondents, the clinic said, suggesting they may be less enthusiastic about seeing their male colleagues with a forest of shin hair beside the photocopier.

Some men appear to believe that visible leg hair could make their colleagues uncomfortable, he said.

No, no, no. This is just straight up body shaming. Men have hair. Women have hair. People have hair. Absolutely no one should be saying "gross, it's rude of them not to shave". Same vein of dudes being grossed out by armpit or pubic hair. Not quite the same thing since there is more history of men controlling women body. The power dynamic and history just isn't the same, but that is no excuse for this dumbness.

Honestly kinda clickbait because this sort of thing shouldn't even be amplified.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

There are Japanese cultural issues iirc that having body hair or body odor is a thing only for barbarians.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

They're regarded as undesirable traits, so of course xenophobes will apply them to all gaijin.

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