How Important Is It For A Woman To Shave Her Armpit ?

It is very important especially to ladies. For personal hygiene, all ladies/women MUST shave their armpit.

It seems like a rather shallow thing to demand of your girlfriend. If she was more comfortable not shaving, why should it be a big deal to you?

Different families as well as cultures have different traditions. Then, there is personal preference. I believe that if you love someone, you accept and respect them for who they are. To tell someone that you will break up with them because of that, to me, seems petty.

Well here in my country it is common to shave our armpit, and i do think that it all depends on the environment that you grew in. I know that we have alote of hot days here, so maybe it all began because of that. But i do think, and it is my personal opinion that it is more estetic to a women to shave her armpit.

your story is quite funny. this is the first time i heard something like this...a couple breaking up because of issues regarding armpit hair. don't get me wrong here but i totally agree with your former girlfriend. she actually has a point. if you truly loved her, it would not be an issue to you whether she has armpit hair or not and should have accepted her for what she is. i think in some cultures, it is acceptable to have armpit hair although for hygienic purposes, it would basically depend on the person's preference to shave armpit hair or just leave it on.

How imporant is it for a womant to shave her armpit? Its not important at all! Its all society's considered "Norm" that makes women do this. I don't see men shaving their hairy arm pits! Besides Society's influence, you also learn to think it is normal, and I dont' think people like seeing armpit hair.. I don't. o.o As for the "broke up with me telling me that I do not truly love her." You probably didn't, else it wouldn't of mattered. I mean you could of made a little suggestion, like telling her how you felt about it, but threatening to break up with her over that is just wrong o.O A women who does not shave her arm pit is the same as any other women. Women all over the world do not shave their arm pits.

i think its an issue of preference and being comfotable. i prefer shaving/plucking off armpit hairs coz its comfortable for me to have none. and it looks ugly if i can see some black hairs growing on both of it. i just cant stand it so i try to shave/pluck every week. ^__^

Well umm, it shouldn't really matter whether her armpits are hairy or not but i myself can't stand having hairy armpits and shave all the time. I knwo that when i don't shave i smell more LOL

I say she is completely entitled to wear her hair however she wants it, just as you are completely entitled to break it off with her, since you probably didn't truly love her. On the other hand, I once put quite a bit of pressure on a man to stop shaving and grow a beard, so I'm hardly in a position to judge. Having more wisdom today, however, I look back on that action as having been overly manipulative. Admittedly, I am old-fashioned enough to side with you a bit if you are putting on skimpy bathing suits together to go swimming, or she wears a sleeveless blouse, but if she covers in public it is really nobody's business but her own. There is a wonderful word for the attitude of brave people like your x-friend who have the perspicacity and confidence to live as they wish without caving in to the pressure of society or their love-interests: SELF-ACTUALIZATION! I highly recommend it to anyone.