A debate about double standards and keeping pubic hair has ensued after
social media influencer Chidera Eggerue, popularly known as The Slumflower,
shared a photo of her unshaved private part.
The Slumflower posted a photo of her pubes to Twitter, where she had on a
skimpy bodysuit that did little to cover her lady parts and the hairs there
were visible in the photo.
In her caption, she spoke about societal standards of beauty and how women
are shamed and called dirty for letting the hairs on their body grow. She added
that women are expected to shave every hair on their body to have skin that
looks like a baby’s own.
She went on to reveal that she’s starting a Bring Back The Bush campaign to
tackle the stigma placed on women for keeping hairs on parts of their body
other than on the head and the eyes
The photo generated mixed reactions
with some calling her dirty and others called her out for keeping her pubic
hair.
Others defended her, arguing that the same men who shame her and other
women for not shaving are the same people who go about without shaving the hair
in their nether regions too.
While some argued that it is understandable when men keep hairs on their bodies but not so for women. This led to a conversation about double standards as Twitter users asked if hairs are only considered dirty when allowed to grow on women’s bodies.