History of leg shaving and the origin in western culture This Wikipedia page does omit how shaving is not only a sexual role but it is also a societal norm Women are expected to be these hairless beings and perhaps this lack of hair is what further solidifies the dichotomy between the female and male gender The page talks about how leg shaving became more prevalent after World War I but what were societal norms for woman and leg shaving prior to that time period Were women still expected to maintain cleanly shaven legs or was leg shaving something constructed by the razor industry due to decline in sales because of soldiers overseas Before World War I virtually no women shaved their legs however by 1964 nearly 98 of women started to do so Although the Wikipedia page alludes to the rise in leg shaving after WW1 however it does not mention what exactly prompted women to join this bandwagon of leg shaving and if this societal norm stemmed from a capitalist movement What happened between that short time frame that caused that much of an increase in women that decided to shave their legs Someone else mentioned in the talk post that shaving like makeup is something that is expected of women I do think that the article has omitted many feminist movements that involve not shaving their legs even in the talk page there is no discussion of this This Wikipedia article should omit the women and men headings since it further solidifies the dichotomy between sex but should instead include headings that focus on the chronological evolution of leg shaving world war I 1960 1980 and present day and should maybe include a section about how leg shaving is involved in athletics but should not focus on the gender differences In addition this article devotes little space to the topic of women but a larger space for males I find this interesting because leg shaving is often seen as a feminine attribute and not a masculine one I would have expected much of the article to be designated towards females however I was wrong