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Rachel, 20

"I began shaving in sixth grade, and I started because I saw older women, mostly my mom, doing it and I just assumed that's what you did as you got older, and I wanted to feel more adult so I did. I didn't do it because I felt the need to, more because I thought it was what was expected to do.

I have a love-hate relationship towards shaving. I enjoy how it feels, especially in the Summer, but it sucks to shave, especially in a dorm shower. I don't mind having hairy legs at all, but I can't go au naturel under my arms. I don't know why it's different, but it just is."

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