{"id":4752,"date":"2010-04-20T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T07:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2010-04-20T23:06:03","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T07:06:03","slug":"crotch-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/crotch-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Crotch Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crystal Renn<\/strong> posed nude in the May issue of French Vogue, and the sight of her public hair has been too much for some people. The comments at The Cut<\/a> are filled with revulsion for Crystal’s crotch.<\/p>\n

Whether the photos are flattering or appropriate or anything else, my interest is in the reactions. What the hell is wrong with people? Those who object to the pubic hair insist that their aesthetic hasn’t been formed by porn. They talk about how nice it is to be “clean down there.”<\/p>\n

What isn’t clean about natural hair? It seems very anti-woman to insist on a waxed crotch. \u00a0 The hair is a sign of adulthood – it’s what separates a woman’s body from a child’s.<\/p>\n

I admit I don’t watch porn. It make me too sad. But I’m aware there’s a fatwa on body hair these days. It seems creepy and it seems babyish. It’s as if the very idea of pubic hair is terrifying.<\/p>\n

It depresses me to confront the fact that women have yet another reason to feel shame about their bodies. I’m glad that Crystal Renn is breaking barriers, if that’s what she’s doing. If she reads those comments, though, she may feel she’s committed a federal crime by looking like a natural woman.<\/p>\n

Opinions, anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"