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"the point of women's magazine was to get women to buy things" I don't think we share the same definition of WAS
Exactly what I was thinking when he said that. I am like, I am pretty sure that hasn't changed at all. Maybe it has become more sneaky? But even that I am unsure of because it still seems rather obvious to me.
Women's magazines still get women to buy things!
Scary how now the e cigarettes is being push to children like old time.
What's WAS?
@@user-ov2fc5sd1e The got me too. Read it as 'was', ie that point of women's magazines 'is' to get women to buy (and I would add, useless) things
It’s both weird and hilarious that Emily went from one of Adam’s truth victims to a part time partner in crime
Do you remember the Saw franchise? I think that's what happens
Stockholm syndrome
Emily Ruins Adam is one of my favorite episodes. Here's a clip from near the end.
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If you watch the entire episode you eventually see that Adam is a lot like a Timex watch for old.
He takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. He love learning new things too much to stop just because it hurts.
I swear she spends more time with him than her TV husband
UmmYeahOk well their married in real life too so I guess it evens out
2:12 How _dare_ you make fun of Frangland. I live in Londris and I take personal offence at this. You even make fun of Spaintugal? How can you sleep at night? If I told my family in Lisdrid about what you said about Spaintugal, they would do unspeakable things to you. Be lucky that I won't.
What does a petty Franglish boy know about Spaintugal? As a Spaintugan citizen for 19 years I've learned much a londris boy could never learn about Lisdrid. You're just acting like you have family in Lisdrid so you can feel important and be part of the Spaintugan community's affairs. Know your place outsider
Laughs in Czechoslovakia.
The show was trying to give an example of a magazine at the time. The idea is that the magazine hadn't any places that it could think of where this is truly the case. The show didn't make fun of where you live they instead used it as an example of what the magazine would have said in real life.
you blowing up isn't the answer either.
@@leeroberts4850 true
@@leeroberts4850 There's nothing irrational about historical disputes, mate. What does their appearance even have to do with anything?
Emily: Gillette tricked women into shaving for the first time in history!
Egypt: am I a joke to you
Truth!
Shaving their head
And ancient Rome
@@nikichalusi2275 Nope the entire body
it was done by the privileged part of society and not only by women
I always twitch a little bit when they say stuff like "for the first time in History"... when they really mean "in modern North American History".
The whole thing goes as though threading and waxing weren't already widespread in the Middle-East, for example... and I'm sure it works for a lot of viewers.
*edited for missing word
Finally, everyone is saying about media and first time in history thing, but in reality it's in the history of USA. Which is only few hundred years old. Middle East has been hairless for thousands of years. Threading , sugar waxing, we had it all long before Europeans and definitely USA.
And the Romans;)
And Egyptimans. So many cultures in history shaved. Romans shaved, Greeks shaved. Men grow beards naturally but many cultures shaved it.
No one cares
SALL Penda Solène yeah like when he said for the first time in human history people started to eat bacon regularly but in the U.K. it has been deeply engrained into our (and much or Europes) eating habits since the medieval era
Not only did they convince women that they needed to shave, they convinced men that women need to shave as well 🙄
Oh heck, I didn’t even notice that
Tis' true. I get nasty looks by mostly men in public, even by doctors.
Which is why during Movember, just how men are encouraged to not shave their facial hair for a month, I wish it was more inclusive by encouraging women to not shave their body for a month. That way, people could develop an appreciation for the effort it takes to maintain a smooth body, instead of taking it for granted.
@@GTAVictor9128 November is a month not to nut, not for facial hair
@@HDTomo , they were referring to Movember, not NNN
I always feel that these episodes end too abruptly.
That's because these are only segments of the full episodes
What the last two people said. Plus they want you to either watch Tru TV or buy the show the full episodes are on here and iTunes for purchase. That’s why they only show these short clips.
There only clips of full episodes
@@seanthatsit1089 Good to know. And an example of their poor grasp of marketing, since I, and the person who started this thread, and probably all the people who liked the comment (and who knows how many others) didn't realize that was the case. Not once, in the 2 dozen or so Adam videos I've watched on UA-cam, have I seen any mention that these are just segments of the full videos.
That's because they
I am a women and stopped shaving (everywhere) 2 years ago. It was honestly one of the best decisions I have made. I get way less health problems (no more hurtful grown in hair, no more lymph nodes in the armpits & no more infections like yeast infections). Furthermore I save a ton of time & my hairy legs prevent being picked on by stupid superficial guys. My husband stopped shaving as well. As we both noticed sex becomes better with hair. The hair additionally stimulates & pheromones are better contained in hair.
I personally have blonde hair, which means nearly nobody even notices my leg hair. Sometimes my armpits get seen and sometimes comments are made that are intended to hurt me. However, the comments don't hurt me anymore, they just help me with seeing the nature of my opponent. Humans that want you to look or be a certain way are not real friends. They want to change who you are. I never thought about shaving as a girl it was just something you had to do. When I came into my twenties I started to question it but found hair not aesthetic. Nowadays, I even find hair more beautiful than without. As I am bisexual I can only encourage women to stop shaving. I don't find it attractive anymore if women look like girls with breasts. Grown up humans have hair. Men and women. I also think it looks ridiculous if a man only shaves his intimate area, hairy belly & legs but a hairless triangle in the middle of it.
For all of you who like the feeling of shaving, please do continue. If it feels good for you it is the right thing for you but please stop commenting, shaming and trying to change people like me.
Well put, thanks for that.
re-think congrats! Ignore the other replies lmao
It’s *almost* like body hair is just another completely natural part of human anatomy with important functions, and not in fact some blemish to be ashamed of and removed constantly!
@@MsScarletwings you are completely right. And don't worry I am used to stupid comments but they don't affect me anymore as I know who and what I am :)
Gross lol
I would scratch myself silly if I tried to do what you did.
Body hair is soooooooo itchy and rubs against clothing and is just *dies*
They really need to specify context in the title. The whole world has access to this video so acknowledge that you're referring to the US and maybe don't ignore the rest of the world. For example, in the Middle East and other parts of the world, waxing with sugar or honey has been a thing for ages. And Islam even encourages men to manscape for hygiene reasons.
Haha no no my friend, don't ruin the feminist circle jerk
@@averinus7706 The episode still makes some great points. And nobody should feel pressured to be totally hairless (which many women feel expected to be) - it's annoying, time-consuming, and can be expensive.
What do you mean "other parts of the world"? You expect media to not be focused on white American history and culture?
...and painful!! (waxing sensitive areas and laser hair removal anywhere)
@@tamarlambert6121 Hah!
It's absolutely HILARIOUS how nonsensical cultural habits like these ones exist. When you compare different cultures and their perspectives on certain 'beauty aesthetics'. In Ghana where I'm from I didn't even know shaving legs was a thing until I studied in Warsaw, PL because unshaven legs are seen as attractive and even a sign of fertility in Ghana LOL.
I feel this would have been more convincing had Emily's legs not been perfectly shaven. I tried to stop shaving my legs and armpits about a month but was amazed how unsexy I felt.
Honestly my husband did not care at all, he loves my body no matter what I shave or don't shave. It was my own shame instilled by years of media that got me to shave again.
You should probably stop that whole media thing.
I went for a while without shaving my armpits, but I just couldn’t do my legs. Not sure why. Boyfriend said it didn’t bother him.
I'm comfortable not shaving and didn't for a long time but I was harshly judged and bullied so I gave in. That may be why. Also the point is that it should be optional not that you shouldn't shave.
I have not shaved for the last fifteen years. You can get used to it.
@@phoenixcrown9966 all women are beautiful. Some people just have different types of beauty that matter more to them
Shave, don't shave. Be a person and do what you want. Magazines be damned.
Mark Keary = Best comment here. "Shave, don't shave. Be a human and do what you want."
If it really was "magazines be damned" then no women would be shaving today. That's the point. People are delusional if they don't think the cultural pressure to shave influences their preferences.
Well I never shave. I think that's stupid and for women.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 It's for no one.
Magazines drive selling and buying in the cosmetics industries which in turn helps the economy. Without it your precious lipstick and other makeup wouldn’t sell for the prices it does today and mass production of those item would be less. In turn making the cost of even the most cheapest lipstick, thousands of dollars
"Of course! Women! The _other_ half of the population!"
bruh
Lentera Rosataminta what u offended or sumtin?
@@Viixity well it's not like we women DON'T EXIST
@@rho-z2289 i'm sorry but i have no idea what comment i responded to because that stuff was 6 months ago
I haven't shaved my legs since last year because I prefer not to lose energy over a meaningless task and literally no one has noticed.
same
Y'all must have some really exceptionally fine leg hair then. My legs get itchy when my leg hair grows out and its extremely noticable.
@@mrs.g.35 May I suggest waxing? You can buy no-mess wax strips and you only have to do it every couple of weeks. The hair grows back less and without the stubble.
@@mrs.g.35 If it's anything like when I first started growing out my facial hair, it goes away away after a few weeks once you get used to it.
@@mrs.g.35 I have dark leg hair (dad's Greek and I got his body hair). The itchiness on me goes away after a few weeks and it becomes soft. I don't bother shaving between autumn and spring when I wear long pants.
On me it is noticeable though I don't think anyone would say anything unless they were just being rude.
I appreciate that they said "most women don't have beards" because some women do
Yes!!!
@Jacob Fowler no?
@Jacob Fowler theres literally women with beards how is this foriegn to you?
I didn’t even know that war possible until now
@@ohtych1004 its actually historically always been a thing
Growing up female meant I was just so disgusted with myself and my natural biology I swear
I wish mean realised how gross their own body hair was
Programming gals to demean our own gender as part of male dominant thinking.
While it wasn't regular done in America until the 1920s, women and men in Egypt and other parts of the world removed their body hair since ancient times.
I like it how the author who wrote a book about the history of hair removal, was not given any chance to share more. Hair removal was not invented by Gilette.
The Sims music at the beginning is hilarious.
Anything to subvert EA, all the better, I say.
I just noticed!
Shaving your armpit and groin hair was an instructions in Islam since 1400 years a go.
Correction. It was _plucking_ armpit hair
But shaving, cutting or other methods of hair removal are acceptable as well
Also men have more hair removal responsibilities than women
_Source_ islamqa.info/en/answers/202827/the-wisdom-behind-the-prescription-to-remove-pubic-hair-and-armpit-hair
As someone who actually is from a Muslim family and lives in a Muslim majority country, I guarantee that most Muslim women don't shave often unless they're outrageously hairy. For the typical woman, it's once every 1-3 months. It's cause of social media or because of insecurity caused by competition amongst young girls, that women are starting to shave more often. Has absolutely nothing to do with tradition or religion, just how the standard globally has really affected most people.
For men though not for women I think
Ya they liked little boys
@Melanie D Considering Islam is literally almost exactly Christianity and Judaism, yeah, all three Abrahamic religions are pretty weird! Who the heck does monotheism? Boooooring. Polytheism or bust, am I right? /s
Renaissance paintings depicted both naked men and women as having no body hair, so the claim that European women had no body hair would at least sound plausible.
Or maybe the painters just couldn't be bothered?
@@darryljones3009 actually renaissance painters would paint even the smallest details.
I wonder why they didn't
I find women's legs to be very beautiful now they're shaved, but I do wonder how people would feel about it if women never needed the shaved begin with. It would just be the norm that everybody would have hairy legs. My love for shaved legs seems to have been spawned by Gillette making women feel the need to shave their legs
And men who dont groom their bead....or...other hair. The reality is we as a society decide on what we want to do. There was nothing ruined in this episode and shows why I hate this show.
Jonathan DPG but Adam is just hilarious!
@@jonathandpg6115 That and they make it seem like the company was being evil for it. But then you look at them and you see them with incredible stylized hair and clothes and make-up while talking about all of this and that makes you realize how hypocritical they are being.
Men's legs would look so much better if men removed their leg hair
The military also introduced shaving to men because of hygiene issues.
Lol, like Mammy said in Gone With the wind, "crawling clothes and dysentery"
And gas mask fitment
And shaving beards so gas masks would fit
I like shaving personally, I just like how it feels on my body, but it’s pretty screwed up how so many people feel like we should force women to shave. Especially men.
i find it funny that emily seems pissed off at shaving being forced into our society for powerful men's profits but still sits there with silky hairless fish legs lmao
But what really matter is that she is aware she has a choice and if she chooses to shave, its because she likes it better, not bc she "needs to". I almost never shaved up until I became a stripper, in which case I do it a lil more often only bc I like when customers like paying me 😂
@@Littletime839 not really, but I see where you got that from. I'm sure some women shave because they want to get more attention from whoever they're trying to attract, which is a perfectly valid reason. It's like doing your hair up nice when going out somewhere special. Some women won't shave because they don't feel the need to, some will shave because they personally like how they look or feel when they've shaved. Unfortunately, many women will shave because of pressure from society which is sad.
@@Littletime839 but she has a husband in the show,im pretty sure.
I'm so confused.🤔
@@Littletime839 maybe but so what?
I shave because I'm conditioned to, but because I'm conditioned... I genuinely like being hairless. I think I'll be ok 😉
“I can’t do it. IvE gOt A fAmIlY”
The sad thing is, magazines are still doing this and we are still falling for it.
YES! THANK YOU!
How ridiculous to make women think that body hair is unfeminine, when God and Nature grow it on every woman!
Shaving body hair for men or women should be a choice, not a social necessity.
Now, I never thought that women shaving was merely a fashion industry moneymaker, though your video, Adam, is an eyeopener about our ever-consumerist society.
However, think: what kind of female human being doesn't have body hair? Answer: a child, a prepubescent girl. I have thought, and still think, that society's ideal of the hairless woman was an expression of the immature adult male's inability to deal with a fully-grown real woman. He wants a little girl: someone who can't think for herself, who has no autonomy or agency, who is dependent upon him physically, mentally, socially, spiritually, and financially. The hairlessness of a woman symbolizes a rejection of her full adulthood, and asserts the immature man's desire to have a woman with the body of a woman (minus the hair) and the mind and soul of a little girl.
After all, they don't universally shame men out of having beards. Beardlessness is only ideal in some circles. Also, bodily hair on a human male is welcomed as a sign of adulthood and manliness. However, American society, from what I can tell, insists that all its women remain hairless except for their scalps and their vaginas--and even that latter one is being taken away. Society doesn't accept naturally-occurring pubescent body hair as feminine. Why?
THAT'S SOME TRUTH RIGHT THERE
"After all, they don't universally shame men out of having beards" You're right, on the other hand i get shamed because i was balding.
@@Koozomec You have a point there. Now, in this society, they shame men over balding--another type of consumer to fleece over something that's perfectly natural.
The comparison of hairless adults to prepubescent children is a huge stretch. If a person thinks that, that is on them. But they shouldn't project that feeling onto others. The rest of us are not reminded of children when we see smooth adults. Hairlessness is it own quality hat fits well with other adult traits.
You didn’t mention that before the 20s, women’s body hair was covered by clothing, including stockings that were thick enough to cover leg hair. The advent of women shaving happened in part because new styles, like sheer silk stockings, exposed body hair that was previously unseen. Additionally, lots of other cultures thought women should remove body hair to look beautiful, like ancient Rome
Stockings wouldn't have shown leg hair (nylons, maybe, but even with my dark-ish thick leg hair you can't see any). And loads of fashions in Europe in the previous few centuries showed armpit hair just as much as modern clothes do. But it's also the fact that women are conditioned to believe that they are only sexually desirable if they are hairless and so they need to shave for their partner's behalf. Previously, the only people who shaved for sex reasons were people who had pubic lice, so it was really unsexy historically to not have pubic hair because STIs. It's not all about the hair that the public could see. (Though 70s porn culture was really what pushed the popular expectation for women to not have pubic hair, but that definitely built on the expectation that they were already shaving elsewhere.)
Men's clothing has evolved to show way more skin than women and yet they're not shamed for body hair...
Shaving with a straight razor is no where near as difficult as it's made out to be. I got into because internet drift took me from "How to sharpen a knife" to "How to sharpen a straight razor" to "There's no way I can continue to live my life without being able to straight razor shave. I'm going to have to buy a strop, magnesium compound, a teek bowl for my soap, and finest badger hair brush I can afford." Obviously there was no other way that could turn out.
In all seriousness though, it really isn't as difficult as it seems, and after doing it for 5 years, I've saved a ton of money, and my face is smoother than I ever achieved with "safety" razor. Truth is, I nick myself less.
It takes getting use to but it is no different then when you first start shaving with modern razors... Other then going near your neck because you have seen Sweeny Todd and think you'll slice your jugular vein
"Can't do it!... got a family" LOL!
My boyfriend as a teenager: 1) "Erghh you're hairy" 2) "Why do you take so long in the shower/bath?" 3) "Erghh you have stubble it's giving me a rash"
And people ask me why I'm always single now
Your ex-boyfriend should have been shaving his hairy body
Just leg hair?? Dear lord if we have hair anywhere besides our eyebrows or head its “gross” 🙄
Gosh, I'm so glad I'm a boy and just have to shave my beard and genital area. I think girls just have to shave legs and genital area (and they should avoid a monobrow), then everything is fine.
@mimi love Oh, I totally forgot that. Yes! Please!
@@simonkraemer3725 men should shave mustache and armpit hair, and women should shave armpit hair. That's my opinion.
I only shave my body hair when it’s summer and I usually shave around once every two weeks unless I have to meet someone
Right! Ive been shaving since I was in 4th grade because kids made fun of me for being hairy. But its exhausting trying to keep up with shaving my legs, arms, pits, pubes, mustash, and unibrow. IM SORRY IM A WOMAN WHO GROWS HAIR REALLY FAST, BUT DONT BE SALTY WITH ME BECAUSE I CAN GROW FACIAL HAIR AND YOUR STILL A BABY FACE!
I have heard so many stories of guys telling my friends they looked disgusting for having body hair. I was so scared about getting a bf when I overheard a guy on the bus saying he pity f*cked a girl who had hair down her back. How is a 14yr old supposed to afford waxing or be capable of shaving there?
Also shaving is just plain expensive. Those of us who aren't in the upper one or even ten percent could use that money towards better things.
I got multiple questions about this. First, what? Guys tell your friends that they're digusting for having body hair? That seems a little sketchy. I mean they might have but I think you're out right lying. Adding on to that, do your friends just show their body hair willy nilly. That seems way too sketchy. Yeah, some guys do judge girls by their looks but that is just absurd. I think there is another ploy here because if guys complained about your friends' body hair then I have no doubt women judged them about it. Women judge other women by their looks way more than men do. Secondly, yeah I can see that. You might be lying again but I can see that happening. Lastly, really? Razors are literally between $5-$25 and I'm pretty sure they go for less. Also, stop saying about the 10% of the people have enough to afford it. People who has a decent enough of money to spare can buy a razor if they want to. Pretty much the only who can't afford it are homeless or just can't spare the money. Rich people have many amenities but a razor is something that most people can afford. Look, if these things acutally happened to you and your friends then I'm sorry but your story is sketchy and doesn't really make sense and it seems to target men and the rich. Just try to be specific next time.
@@lemarshby8511 but who are you to question her truthfulness? Is it not an open secret that a lot of guys prefer women without body hair (mainly due to unrealistic expectations from pornography and the work of shaver companies)?
@@aminboumerdassi2334 I'm questioning her truthfulness because it's downright sketchy. I'm not saying she is 100% lying i'm saying her story seems sketchy. Secondly, yeah I know some guys judge women by their looks because of unrealistic body morphs. I also pointed out that girls would judge her friends too because women judge other women way more than men do. Shaving companies is a small portion of the problem, it's people judging women/men for not shaving. Shaving companies can be....maticulous at times but I'm saying that the media and people judging other people by how they have body hair are the big ones we worry about. I will thank you for the constructive critism because everyone needs it at times for their ego not to flare up. But that's my rebuttal on your comment.
Half of the human population lives off of less than $2.50 USD/day so a cheap razer is the last of anyone's concern. The people who have a little more can't have a lot more, especially as the 1% get richer. My point is that this is a little superfluous, and a bit on the side of luxury, except it's not a luxurious experience for everyone, and acceptance within a community for genetics on how much hair you have is a sad thing. I know of families that didn't buy razors so everyone just had unibrows and mustaches until they got jobs in middle school or high school and might've decided to spend their little bit of cash on shaving instead of saving for winter clothing that their family couldn't afford for them.
@Diane Berg I know my rebuttal was more over going over the stuff that I had to stabilize but I knew that people will not agree with me here because I am pretty much in a war zone stringed with mine fields. Yeah I know I'm not good at socializing. It's how my personality is but saying i'm bad at how people interact is not how it is. I have a friend that uses lots of 'puppet' accounts that he uses to have social expiriments to see how people react. Can I ask why this has to do with back hair for 2 sentences? I am not talking about that, i'm talking how cheap razors are and how Aella's seems a little sketchy. Waxing is an expensize thing to do but THAT'S NOT THE POINT! I am trying to stop a socialist wave that will probably cause our livelyhood to crash. If you don't believe me then that's fine but I wamted to point that out before you say about it.
P.S.: I'm a male so I don't get your first comment here
I love it when Adam and Emily get along for a change.
like it or not, if I did not shave someone would mistake me for a gibbon.
What’s a gibbon ?
If all women ceased their entire beauty regiment, it would take men about 6-8 weeks to adapt. We don't care all that much.
If women stopped shaving, stopped using makeup, wore short plain brown hair, wore baggy clothing, and just smelled like soap, but were still sexually approachable, at least 75% of men would be fine with that.
Your beauty regiment isn't for our benefit. You don't do all this to "get a man." You do it to compete with each other, for the attention of the highest status man in your social circle. And that's okay. Just don't tell yourself that you *have* to do it. You don't.
Honey regardless of whether I shave or not I still get called a gibbon. To be fair its because my last name kinda sounds like gibbon. But still, even when I spell it out or use it in its context I still get gibbon. Apparently people get gibbon a lot of presents.
@@yossarius it's worth pointing out that when women do what you suggest people often comment negatively about how sickly they look. It's not all vanity, honestly for most people it's the physical representation of a good social standing.
@@aviendha1154 I don't claim that, if an individual woman ceases to maintain a beauty regiment, there are no consequences to that. Of course there are. But that would be because other women are still doing it, which makes them look good in comparison. Which is of course the whole point.
But if women could utilize a hive mind for a brief moment, I believe you would see that if all of you stopped doing it, that would benefit the majority of you, if not most of you. But because maintaining a beauty regiment is more likely to benefit each person on an inndividual basis, hardly anyone will stop. That's unfortunate, as I think not just most women, but also most men would be better off without the beauty arms race you're all expected to pursue.
Emily is also one of the writers. BTW, shaving with a straight razor isn’t as dangerous as you’ve been led to believe. As someone who shaves with a straight razor, it’s far superior to the safety razor in terms of closeness.
The real pain in the ass is that the razor has to be regularly sharpened and honed to maintain its edge. With a safety razor, you don’t have to worry about that but you pay for the convenience in terms of replacement blades.
Says all that, with her shaven legs
I mean, just because you know the truth doesn't mean you should stop. If you like shaving your legs and it feels good, then go ahead and do it. The real problem is if you don't like it and you do it to stick to some sick and twisted modern beauty standard or whatever
@@AOGood i no plenty of women who dont shave. Its a choice your aloud to make. You do it for yourself because you enjoy it. Some people dont, so they just don't shave. No mindgame hypnosis here
Depending on your industry and location shaving could actually legally be required by your work place as part of "cleanliness and appearance" standards
When i see a chick that doesnt shave their legs i throw up in my mouth
@@3katfox Food industry, yes, most certainly, some factory work maybe?. Any other (at least that I can think of when I'm writing this) falls into the sick and twisted part
Sorry but I'm still shaving my legs. I like the way they feel like silk afterwards.
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@Brion Stronghold hormon therapy is reversable and doesn't make you unable to have children
@Brion Stronghold and no you don't go to a "doctor", you instead go to a psychotrist who test your brain
This shows how uninformed you reactionaries are 🤦
@@ctfccc2069 Well, shows how much the audience of Joe Rogan really "knows"
Of Course Women, the other half of the population!
OMG I'm ded XD
*works out, wears makeup, styles hair, looks after skin, dresses well, studies a-levels, has a part-time job*
Guys: OH MY GODD YOU HAVE A BIT OF HAIR ON YOU THAT'S WELL BAD
Men too should work out, wear makeup, style their hair, care for their skin and remove their body hair.
Women would find men more attractive if men did that.
0:35 "No! Can't do it, I've got a family"
Adam and Emily are tag team truthing now? Sweet!
I'm just as surprised as you are
Adam and Emily tag team ruining is friendship goals.
Emily seems pissed at how women shaves legs...but she sits there WITH shaved legs...1:20
lol
Seeing the guy who played Steve Newlin from True Blood as King Camp Gillette made me laugh🤣
Thank you for talking about this
I'm a dude and I shave everything besides my head. It feels good to be smooth.
People get so judgmental especially when it comes to pubic hair.
I hate having to shave whenever I go to the beach. It really hurts and it just comes back super quickly.
AmethystEyes if anyone ever was grossed out by it, I’d just say “well, it doesn’t matter, you’re not gonna see mine anyway.”
It grow super fast and kinda pricky. Grooming down under also a trend for man now. Thank to Hollywood and porn I guess.
my my exactly, and the reason why Sex workers would shave was because they didn’t want to get crabs (pubic lice).
This is great but one statement was incorrect. Women in Ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Middle East shaved their body hair.
True, but in those societies, so did the men.
@@blondbraid7986 we didnt "shave" per say as women. N yes, men also groomed. What's the pt? That we were slower at evolving with regards to hygiene? Lol its true
It's common thing for Adams videos, Ive noticed
Clarissa Rossman because those races were much hairier than others
@@kurtsudheim825 That is not at all true and is a myth that has been used to promote racism against middle Eastern people.
Why is the first section of music the Sims 3 theme?
If advertisers told women to shave their forearms and eyebrows, within a generation any woman with fuzzy arms or natural eyebrows would be scorned. The hours a woman spends every month shaving arms, legs, and between the legs could be spent doing "silly" things like having quality time with partner/children, exercising, etc. But no, looking like Barbie dolls is so much more important than anything else. Sheeple are into being sheared.
I wished men would get their body hair sheared. Hairy male bodies are a hindrance.
And then, decades later, the industry execs said: Hm, our sales are kind of flat. What other body parts can we shame people into feeling like they need to shave them. Oh, hey------!
O.k, but to be fair:
1) Hairless bodies were an aesthetic ideal long before we started shaving. Look at classical paintings, which always depicted smooth skin on both men and women, centuries before disposable razors were invented.
2) It's in the 1920's that women started to wear shorter skirts, thus exposing their legs for the first time in history. There was little reason to shave before that.
3) People did, in fact, try to remove their body hair for a long time! It was reported in Antiquity: Egyptians shaved their entire bodies, to symbolically distinguish themselves from animals; hair was considered "beastly". There was even a fad in the Middle-Age amongst men to be smooth, after knights discovered some Oriental techniques during the crusades.
I think a lot of people wanted hairless bodies long before it was technologically cheap and convenient to achieve this result. For comparison, Venetian women during the Renaissance tried to get blond hair by using lemon juice and sun exposure; but now, the process of hair bleaching is perfected and easier through our discovery of hydrogen peroxide. Similarly, consider the fact that people may have wanted straight teeth or straight noses for centuries, but they did not have access to orthodontics or plastic surgery.
Heck, despite the bleeding and the inconvenience, men have been shaving their beards for thousands of years! If you don't like running a blade on your own legs, try letting another person put a blade on your *face* and *throat* !
0:46-0:58 what the hell every time I shave my legs and arms the end result looks like I got into a knife fight and barely survived.
Better razor and shaving soap. Also you have to be careful and gentle. Look into single blade safety razors.
Try waxing...much easier. No cuts. Lasts much longer.
Jesus. I've shaved sundresses it started growing. My legs never look like that
1:19 I love the timing right here. The camera pans down to show her (very smooth and very shapely) legs, just at the moment that she's talking about women being convinced to shave their legs.
It seems ironic that now I get told to shave and my mum says I should cover up if I don’t shave because it’s “disgusting” to have hair
Whereas a century ago no one would’ve cared
I personally just think shave if you want or leave it
Back then you wouldn’t have shown your legs regardless of if you shaved. You mom would have still told you to cover your legs regardless
I’ve actually done some research on this topic (I like historical costuming). At the turn of the century, women’s evening wear started showing the armpit regularly. This is when shaving your armpits started to become the norm. Shaving your legs came a little later in the 1920s, when hemlines shortened. By the 1950s, it was almost universal.
You were right, I am weeping for humanity, and there's only 6 comments
This is false. Women started shaving because they wore nylons to give a hairless appearance prior to shaving. The first great war (world war 1) caused a nylon shortage. Women started shaving because they could no longer have a hairless look with stockings. Gilette didn't create the concept for marketing, he just happened to be in the right place at the right time with his invention
Time to ruin Adams logic, lol! There's an option number 3: Both!!! You can subscribe AND read comments, silly Adam!!! I love your content, just couldn't resist the opportunity to be "that guy" lol!!! 🙂🙂🙂
Adam Ruins Everything by making this an issue about sexism against women when men experienced these 'Clean shaven or you're not attractive' ads long before women, but he doesn't include the men part because it ruins his SJW narrative.
I feel bad for people who like this guy.
I was just so over the time and energy it took just so some guy could shove a baton in and out of me for 2 minutes then roll over and go "was that good for you? You finished yeah?"
I bet those types of men don't even trim their body hair. I attribute the selfish attitude of men to the nonchalant attitude men develop from not ever learning about the problems their body hair causes other people.
When I met my ex 25 years ago, she was at college and her parents were fussing at her about shaving. My only comment was that I'm not going to shave my armpits or legs for you, so it works both ways. If she wore clothes that revealed enough she "needed" to shave for social pressure, she did. Otherwise, seeing where she wasn't shaving meant the evening was going VERY well. :)
😳
Best comment ever.
1:04 THE BUZZING FROM THE BATHROOM
"Crazy ex girlfriend" reference?
I enjoy having smooth legs sooo.. thanks Mr. Gillette shaving man :)
I don't believe show me proof
My kinda girl.
But you only enjoy it because you’ve been socially conditioned to think that way.
@@Legion640 Got me therree
Van Bur3n like how we live in houses with a/c cus we’ve been socially conditioned to do so instead of living in the woods or in a cave. Dude if “ticking” women into shaving their legs and other regions is a bad thing then tell me how.
Honestly is anyone surprised. I mean imagine you have8 children, there is smallpox, the crows are eating your crops and all you care about is how your leg hair looks when it even keeps you warm?
I literally got an ad about men back shavers before this video.
The irony of a shaving ad coming up after this video
When the guy says, “I can’t do this.” That was acting.
0:48 Wow, Tim went from buzzing to razing in the bathroom
People going on about how soft their legs are after shaving please explain your sorcery to me, mine are for like a day then it's stubble city 🤷
Emily saying that Adam and her do this sort of thing all the time is weirdly wholesome.
I remember I had stubble and a child pointed it out
Me: That's cool
Also Me: don't be mad, "it's just another rule I'll add in my own house..."
Hate to say it, but while I see the point here--manipulation in advertising--I don't like armpit hair, even for MEN. And I like having smooth legs. That's just me, if someone else wants to be fluffy, that's cool, but I like my grooming practices.
You don’t need to shave. I know that some women like to and that’s okay, but you should never feel ashamed of your own body. You were created beautiful. When you are dead and in the grave, people will not be thinking of if you shaved or not, they will be thinking about the person you were. I’m just saying this because I saw some mean comments and I’m imagining young girls or something seeing all this and feeling gross. Be confident in yourself no matter what anyone says to you.
i call my friend scp 1000 because his leg
I love Emily and Adam working together on lessons
I'm a side sleeper and smooth legs make sweet dreams.
I hate when my wife shaves, its just feels weird and I dont see any real point to it.
she shaves to look good for her bf tyrone
@jmarks881 I shave my beard but anywhere else feels really weird and I cant stand it.
Have you erghhh got a brother or an adult son?? Lol just kidding but that's awesome ☺️
I've somewhat stopped shaving my legs. I didn't think too much about it before, but I did want my legs to be shaven when they would be visible. I was absolutely anxious about going out with unshaven legs at first (hello social anxiety), but not so much anymore. Because who cares really? It isn't even super noticable on me, so why bother if I don't feel like it? I shave my legs maybe 5 times a year, and between like september to june I'll just let 'em get fuzzy. Sorry, mr Gillette.
LMAO at comments that Emily is a hypocrite. Don't know why Emily has to grow out her body hair to say shaming women into shaving is a scam #truth. You do you fam
I only shave at summer and when i feel like wearing lingerie.
You know what else wasn't completely common until the late 1890s? Toilets.
Trying to tell someone "A hundred years ago, nobody did it" kinda makes any argument fall apart, though. It's just a stretch, but it's how you lead.
Spaintugal, also known as Iberia.
lol
On a related topic, the late Christopher Hitchens got waterboarded as part of on a experiment he was doing. He also got a bikini wax. Guess which one he said was worse?
BTW I've had a couple of bikini waxes and they are very painful. All so that I won't be embarrassed.
I have had Brazilian waxing, and one steam cleansing facial treatment at a salon. Brazilian waxing was tolerable, but struggling to breath from steam being blasted onto my face was horrible. And I am sure waterboarding is even worse than suffocating from steam.
I swear this show the Sims as it’s background music...
0:36 this will always make me laugh
How about doing an episode themed "Adam Ruins the Truth?
Yeah, I only shave my underarms when they get to a length that's itchy, and only shave a small part of down stairs once at the beginning of the summer to prevent chaffing from bathing suits. I never shave my legs and only trim downstairs.
Uh, yeah... Then you realize it's nice having control of the way you look, but the hairless spectrum was indeed designed to make someone rich~
Thus proving that it is not the patriarchy oppressing women, but the matriarchy.
If women don't want to shave they don't have to -
But honestly - women look 90% better without unsightly hair under their arms!
So do men
Mmm, interesting, but what was the influence of evolving dressing standards? I mean, my (probably very bad) image of those times is that it used to be not done for women to show their naked legs. So it might be that the rise in shaving conincides with clothing standards becoming less strict... Or is that just me?
love their stuff, but using a straight razor is actually pretty easy, just don't go sideways man
perhaps not then
ADAM RUINS HOMEWORK
Yes pls
Finland has like no hw and they have the best education in the world.
Well, middle Eastern women been hairless for centuries. Even during ancient Egypt women and men used to remove hair for style and hygiene. So perhaps western women just caught up with us only 100years ago
I doubt they were "hairless". Waxing, sugaring, and threading were practiced but more so in upper classes and castes that could afford to commit the time to doing it on a regular basis. Remember that all Middle Eastern and Indian cultures were conservative, so women were more covered up. Even at present they're still required to cover most of their legs and arms and sometimes even their face. Poorer women and middle class women did not have the time to keep up those appearances on an ongoing basis if they were tending to children, parents, in-laws, husbands, as well as to the home and to the land. If they were one of many wives, they had less contact with their husbands on a weekly basis. Hair removal was pretty limited to the faces of most of those women. Only upper class women would have had the time and labor to do their whole bodies and groin area.
Nowadays, ALL women are expected to remove their hair everywhere (legs, underarms, groin, AND face). Which is ridiculous and impractical to keep up with on an ongoing basis when women are working full time jobs or more than 1 job now.
Just saying i shave my face to be more appealing, i cut my hair so i'm more appealing. I and many other guys find it more appealing to have shaved legs, it's not evil, we aren't trying to oppress them, its just preference
It is sad that women feel this need to shave, but on the bright side, me not shaving my female body makes me feel less dysphoric and more connected to who I really am.
Same here my friend
I agree. It's best to love yourself how you are :-)
This is important, thank you, people are beautiful, we do not need this waste of time and money