What Happened When a TikToker Said Body Hair Makes You Not Feminine
Did you ever stop to think about what makes you feminine?
Did you ever stop to think about what makes you feminine?
Let’s be honest: it’s not fun to think about feminism. So, like many other people, I haven’t put much thought into it.
Until a harmless (or so I imagined) TikTok infuriated me.
The video is from Spencer Barbosa. She has 7.1 million followers and chose a lovely niche: body positivity for women. She wants to create a safe space so girls can feel confident although they have curves and body hair.
You’d think most women would love this message, right? Who doesn’t want to feel more confident in their own skin?
Well, that’s not the case.
Spencer shared a video of another influencer (who I won’t name) criticizing her. The influencer says:
“Femininity is dead. Like this whole movement… Girls just don’t want to be attractive for men anymore.”
As if Spencer’s body hair makes her not feminine.
Or maybe it’s not her body hair. Maybe what makes the influence think Spencer isn’t feminine is the attitude. It’s the refusal to meet standards that make her uncomfortable.
