Why Does a Woman Get Rape Threats for Not Shaving Her Legs?

Female body hair has been so vilified some men are willing to threaten a woman because she doesn’t shave

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Daniela had an unruly mop of beautiful, thick, curly, dark red hair, both on her head and under her arms. All summer long, when she raised her arm and the sun sparkled on that lush mane, my eyes were invariably drawn to it.

She was a bit older than me, a child of the outgoing wave of the 70s. She was a hippie at heart, beli…