Alarma, Jaena Maegan M.

December 14, 2020

Bs Psychology 3-9s Sikolohiyang Pilipino

Ang Pagkakaroon ng Mabalahibong Balat

ay Hindi Nakakabawas sa Iyong Pagkababae.

Ang 90 day Fiance ay isang palabas na nagmula sa bansang Amerika sa ilalim

ng pamunuuan ng TLC at ipinapakita dito ang iba't ibang uri ng relasyon sa kung paano
ito nabuo at lumago. Ang mga kalahok ay nagmula pa sa iba't ibang bahagi ng bansa at
naglalayon na makahanap ng tunay na pag-ibig sa loob lamang ng siyam na pung araw
kung saan kinakailangan nilang malagpasan ang iba't ibang pagsubok na kakahrapin
nila (e.g language barriers, culture shock, skeptical friends and family, perspective in
life, religion, atbp.) at kung ito ay kanilang malagpasan, maaari nilang dalhin ang
kanilang kasintahan sa kanilang bansa upang ito ay pakasalan. Ang ganitong uri ng
palabas ay tinatawag ring reality tv show kung saan ipinapakita ang tunay na
nangyayare ngunit sinadyang limitado lamang ang ipinapakita sa madla sa dahilang
kailangan itong ianalisa, bawasan kung kinakailangan para sa ikabubuti ng kumpanya.

Ang isa sa mga kalahok sa nasabing palabas ay sina Rosemarie Vega, edad
dalawampu't tatlo, isang Pilipino at Ed Brown na may edad na limampu’t apat, isang
Amerikano. Nagsimula ang kanilang kwento sa social media kung saan ipinahayag ng
dalawa ang kagustuhan nilang magkita ng personal, at ang 90 Day Fiance ang kanilang
naging daan upang mapadali ang kanilang pagkikita ngunit bukod sa layo ng agwat ng
kanilang edad at pamumuhay, marami pa ang naging pagsubok na kinailangan nilang
pagdaanan upang lubusang makilala ang isa't isa bago sila magpakasal. Isa sa mga
episodes ng palabas ay ang parte kung saan minasahe ni Ed ang paa ni Rosemarie
hindi para lamang maginhawahan ang babae ngunit naglalayon si Ed na may mangyare
sa pagitan nila, at matapos ang kanilang pagtatalik kinabukasan, prankang sinabi ni Ed
kay Rosemarie na “your legs were kinda like mine, they were hairy” at dinagdagan pa
ng mga katagang “so I’ll make you a deal, if you shave your legs I will shave my beard”.
Ipinaliwanag ni Ed sa isang interview na ang pagkakaroon ng mabalahibong binti ay
hindi nararapat sa isang babae at klinaro na hindi niya gusto ang ganito; sa aking
palagay hindi lubusang na-analisa ni Ed na nasa ibang bansa siya, at iba ang kaniyang
kinalakihang kultura kaya’t nasabi niyang “hairy legs are not for feminine women”. Ang
kaniyang ginawa ay isang uri ng pag-colonialize ng kulturang meron si Rose dahil wala
namang masama sa kaniyang hininging pabor pero kung ito ay lumabas na controlling o
manipulative maaaring ang problema ay ang pagtingin ni Ed sa kaibahan ng kulturang
kinalakihan niya at kulturang meron ang Pilipinas. Ang ilan sa mga Amerikanong
katulad ni Ed ay siyang may mga pribilehiyo sa iba't ibang uri ng bagay, at isa sa mga
pribilehiyong ito ay ang pagkakaroon ng sapat na pagkukunan ng panggastos para sa
sarili at pag papanatili ng hindi gaanong mabalahibong balat dahil hindi normal sa
kaniyang bansa na ang isang babae ay may mabalahibong balat ngunit, isa lamang ito
sa mga halimbawa ng malayong lenteng uri ng pagtingin ng mga banyaga sa ating
bansa.

How hair grows, what are the causes, what are the opinions of Filipinos and how
others see it.

According to an obstetrician-gynecologist at the Perpetual Help Medical Center in

Las, Pinas Metro Manila it is safe to eat Balut during preganancy

Baluts are easily obtained source of protein. They are jamed packed w vitamin C
and beta carotene. These powerful antioxidants help clean free radicals from your
bloodstream and support your immune system
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Stuartexchange said A balut superstiton is about an excessive craving for balut

during pregnancy might result in a child born with abnormal patches of hair hirsutism
(balbon) olater in life

Ancient Egypt

The Egyptians may have been the forerunners of many beauty rituals, but they
invested the most time into hair removal. Women of ancient Egypt removed all of their
body hair, including that on their heads, with tweezers (made from seashells), pumice
stones, or early beeswax and sugar based waxes

Roman Empire

During the Roman Empire, the lack of body hair was considered a sign of the
classes. Wealthy women and men used razors made from flints, tweezers, creams, and
stones to remove excess hair. In fact, even pubic hair was considered uncivilized which
is why many famous statues and paintings of Grecian women are depicted hairless.

Middle Ages

Just like Cleopatra was a trendsetter in her time, so too was Queen Elizabeth 1
during the Middle Ages. She set the precedence for hair removal amongst women, who
followed her lead by removing it from their faces, but not their bodies. The fashion of
this era was to remove eyebrows and hair from the forehead (to make it appear larger),
which women did by using walnut oil, or bandages soaked in amonia (which they got
from their feline pets) and vinegar.

1700s

The late 18th century ushered in a more civilized approach to hair removal. While
European and American women didn’t take too much consideration into it, Jean
Jacques Perret, a French barber, created the first straight razor for men in 1760 which
was used by some women.

1800s

By 1844, Dr. Gouraud had created one of the first depilatory creams called
Poudre Subtile. Soon after, in 1880, King Camp Gillette created the first modern day
razor for men and thus a revolution was born. However, it would be another three
decades before a razor specifically marketed for women would appear.

Early 1900s

In 1915, Gillette created the first razor specifically for women, the Milady
Decolletée. The early 1900’s also saw ads for depilatory cream hit the masses. In 1907
an ad for X-Bazin Depilatory Powder began circulating, promising to remove ‘humiliating
growth of hair on the face, neck, and arms’. A decade later, a leading women's fashion
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magazine ran an ad featuring a woman with her arms raised and her armpits bare, the
first of it's kind.

1940s

Remington released the first electric women’s razor in 1940 after the success of
a male version. Due to a wartime shortage of nylon, more products and techniques for
hair removal hit the market as women were forced to go bare legged more often.

1950s

During the 1950s, hair removal became more publically accepted. Since many
depilatory creams were still irritating to the skin, women relied on razors to shaver their
legs and underarms and tweezers to groom and shape their eyebrows.

1960s

Wax strips made their début in the 1960s and quickly became the method of
choice for removing unwanted hair under the arms and on legs. The first laser hair
removal method hit the market in the mid-sixties, but was quickly abandoned due to its
skin damaging tendencies.

1970s

Although electrolysis had been around for nearly a century, it became more
reliable and safe in the 1970s with the development of transistorized equipment. The
decade also saw a resurgence in the removal of bikini area hair as the swimsuit fad of
the 1960s stuck around.

1980s-Present

Today, most women rely on some form of hair removal in their everyday beauty
routines, whether it is tweezing, shaving, waxing, or depilatory. Waxing bars, eyebrow
threading studios, and electrolysis centers are at an all time high and continue to rise.
New technologies in hair removal had made it one of the most popular beauty services
out there.

Sources: The Encyclopedia Of Hair: A Cultural History by Victoria Sherrow;

Gillette archives

Today intimate waxing (known as Brazilian) is wildly popular followed by legs,

underarms, facial and backs.
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No hairy women in the harem of Ramses III

Waxing originated in Egypt. In 1150 BC, it was reported that the bodies of
women in Ramses III harem were smooth and hairless. It is possible that body waxing
was practiced even earlier in Egypt dating back to 3000 BC. Most areas of concern
were legs and underarms.

The Roman Empire and waxing

The handsome Roman bourgeois men liked their legs smooth. Methods of hair
removal ranged from cocoa shells to resins and at times extreme to include bat’s blood
for waxing eyebrows. Emperor Augostos (63 BC) caused scandals with his waxings. For
beauty conscious Romans waxing the entire body was common. In their political
campain especially Neron and Popee’ waxings was evident; it included the waxing of
chest, underarms, legs, arms, upper lip and nose.

During the Middle Ages hairy skin ruled. But that changed with the return of the
crusaders from Africa who brought natural resins that revolutionized the practice of
waxing. Women began to detest unpleasant body hair and went through extremes to
prevent the re-growth of hair after waxing. Unusual ingredients such as arsenic sulfur,
liquid chalk, bats, frog blood and ash with vinegar were among many practices.

Since the 80’s body waxing saw an increase in the numbers of women that wax.
Today intimate waxing (known as Brazilian) is wildly popular followed by legs,
underarms, facial and backs.

1. Cave People Did Shave!

People usually believe that prehistoric people were excessively hairy. But as it
turns out, cavemen did remove body hair, just not for aesthetic reasons. For them,
removing hair meant fewer lice and mite infestations. To keep these unwanted visitors
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at bay, they used natural tools like sharpened stones and seashells to scrape hair from
the face. Not sporting long beards also came in handy in battle, as opponents wouldn't
have anything to hold on to in order to gain an advantage.

Egyptian Woman Used Hair Removal Products2. The Egyptians' Pioneering

Techniques

Like many other techniques and cosmetics such as hair dye and eyeliner, the
Egyptians were hair removal pioneers. Body hair was largely unwanted in Egypt for
several reasons. First, it came in handy for controlling mites and lice. Second, it helped
to keep body temperature cool in the scorching Egyptian climate. Third, hair was
associated with the lower classes of society. It was so important for the Egyptians to be
hairless that most men and women shaved their heads, priests even removed their
eyebrows and eyelashes, and pharaohs were buried with jewel-incrusted razors, an
essential belonging that they believed would help them remain hair-free in the afterlife.
Barbers existed, and they were important members of the royal "staff." Additionally, the
Egyptians were probably the first to ever wax. They would place a mixture of beeswax
and oils on unwanted hair, put cloth strips over the wax, and pull. A depilatory paste
made with quicklime and arsenic was also used. This concoction sure was nothing like
today's gentle formulas, which are enriched with natural ingredients. Shaving was also
common in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians scraped their hair with tools made from flint or
pumice stone. Bronze, copper, or gold "razors" were also common.

3. Easterners Had Refined Skills

You might have heard of threading and think that it is a new technique for
shaping eyebrows. In fact, threading originated in the Middle East and India thousands
of years ago and then spread to China. Easterners skillfully shaped eyebrows and
sideburns with cotton threads and removed hair from other areas of the body, too.
Easterners who emigrated to the West could not find anyone who knew how to do this
technique, so they popularized it themselves. Nowadays, many women choose
threading to shape their eyebrows because of its precise results and because it is
completely natural—no additives are needed.

4. Beautifying the Roman Emperor

Roman Emperors sported clean-shaven faces. They regularly groomed

themselves with bronze tweezers. The elites weren't the only ones concerned about
shaving. Teenage boys were shaved in a public ritual that served as a rite of passage
into adulthood. Upper-class women also removed some body hair using concoctions
made from resins, oils, and even bat's blood! However, the Romans were not as
obsessed with getting rid of body hair as the Egyptians were. Slaves and other
members of the lower class kept beards, which went in and out of style several times
during the Roman Empire.

Sugaring and Hair Removal Products on an Armpit5. The Middle Ages Were
Less than Glamorous

During the Middle Ages, many yucky ingredients were commonly used for
personal hygiene and hair removal. One of these ingredients was… cat's feces! This
ammonia-loaded excrement was combined with vinegar to prevent eyebrow growth and
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hair from growing on the top of the forehead. This allowed women to have higher and
wider hairline, which were trendy among the nobility. It also was common for eyelashes
to be plucked during the Middle Ages. As for the rest of body hair, people often shaved
their heads, so their wigs would fit better. Arms, underarms, and legs weren't shaved at
all because of the conservative values of the era.

6. A Breakthrough Tool Was Created during the 18th and 19th Centuries

The first iterations of what would pave the way for today's razors were developed
during the 18th and 19th centuries in an attempt to achieve a safer shave. The first one
was made in 1769 by Jean-Jacques Perret, a French barber. He enclosed a sharp
blade in a wooden handle to minimize the risk of cuts. The second one was developed
in 1847 by an Englishman named William Henson. He created the rake-type razor, a
design that still prevails today since it proved to be much safer and efficient at removing
hair. Towards the late 1800s, an improved version of these razors appeared: it was the
Kampfe brothers' Star Razor Blade Kit, which was a resounding success. Posters
advertising the Star Razor Blade Kit featured women, which meant that the taboo of
women getting rid of body hair was slowly but surely starting to subside.

7. Sleek and Trim at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Several new and improved hair removal tools were created during the 20th
century. William Emery Nickerson and King Camp Gillette — rings a bell, doesn't it? —
invented and patented a flexible, disposable blade. Around 1915, Gillette created a
razor for women called Milady Décolleté. It was used to shave the nape, so women
could sport the clean, sleek, short haircut that was in style at the time. Along with Milady
Décolleté, the growing popularity of sleeveless dresses prompted women to remove
armpit hair. In the 1940s, World War II changed many things, including the way women
shaved. A shortage of nylon meant that there were fewer materials to make stockings
out of, which led to women showing smooth, hairless legs. In short, during the first half
of the 20th century, hair removal grew more popular, especially among women.

Woman Waxing Arms with Hair Removal Products8. The Definitive

Popularization of Hair Removal

By the 1950s, it was official: smooth legs, clean underarms, and tweezed and
shapely eyebrows were the rule and not the exception. Some hippie movements during
the 1960s promoted a more "natural" approach, but in general, hair removal was
becoming more and more common. Popular culture fueled this trend by portraying
perfectly trimmed, smooth bodies. In the late 1980s, the trend got more daring with the
advent of the Brazilian wax in 1987. This technique grew in popularity very quickly and
lifted the taboo on pubic hair removal for good. All in all, it became easier to find all
kinds of hair removal products during the second half of the 20th century. Since then,
hundreds of new shaving tools have been invented and marketed, procedures have
been greatly improved, and people have completely embraced body hair removal as a
part of their routines.

9. The Evolution of Hair Removal Never Stops

Technological advances like electrolysis and lasers have made it possible to

permanently remove hair, but traditional methods are still extremely popular. The wide
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range of options to choose from and the demand for body hair removal will surely
prompt further changes and improvements in the future. New formulas with rich,
nourishing ingredients are the big favorites. Beauty Image develops innovative and
effective waxing products that pamper your senses with exquisite formulas and
ingredients. Body waxing can be an indulgent experience with our wide array of waxes,
treatments, and waxing accessories.

https://www.beautyimageusa.com/blog/back-in-time-a-brief-history-of-body-hair-
removal/

http://www.florawax.com/the-history-of-waxing

The human body contains roughly 5,000,000 hair follicles, and the function of
each hair follicle is to produce a hair shaft. Our early ancestors used to have most of
their bodies covered in hair, like our other primate cousins. This served to conserve
heat, protect from the sun, provide camouflage and more. Today, however, humans
stand out from the 5,000 mammal species because they’re virtually naked

The human body contains roughly 5,000,000 hair follicles, and the function of
each hair follicle is to produce a hair shaft. Our early ancestors used to have most of
their bodies covered in hair, like our other primate cousins. This served to conserve
heat, protect from the sun, provide camouflage and more. Today, however, humans
stand out from the 5,000 mammal species because they’re virtually naked, but why is
that?

Scientists believe that our lineage has become less and less hairy in the past six
million years since we shared a common ancestor with our closest relative, the
chimpanzee. Our ape ancestors spent most of their time in cool forests, but a furry,
upright hominid walking around in the sun would have overheated. One of the main
theories concerning our lack of fur suggests that temperature control played a key role.
Bare skin allows body heat to be lost through sweating, which would have been
important when early humans started to walk on two legs and began to develop larger
brains than their ape-like ancestors. Nina Jablonski, a professor of anthropology at
Pennsylvania State University, says there must have been a strong evolutionary
pressure to control temperature to preserve the functions of a big brain. “We can now
make a very good case that this was the primary reason for our loss of hair well over 1
million years ago,” she said.

“Probably the most tenable hypothesis is that we lost most of our body hair as an
adaptation to being better at losing heat from our body, in other words for thermal
regulation,” Professor Jablonski said.
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“We became very good sweaters as a result. We lost most of our hair and
increased the number of eccrine sweat glands on our body and became prodigiously
good sweaters,” she told the American Association for the Advancement of Science
meeting in Boston.

Besides sweating, losing our furry coat may have also been driven by having
fewer parasites infesting our bodies like ticks, lice, biting flies and other “ectoparasites.”
These creatures can carry viral, bacterial and protozoan-based diseases such as
malaria, sleeping sickness and the like, resulting in serious chronic medical conditions
and even death. By virtue of being able to build fires and clothing, humans were able to
reduce the number of parasites they were carrying without suffering from the cold at
night or in colder climates.

Despite exposing us to head lice, humans probably retained head hair for
protection from the sun and to provide warmth when the air is cold, while pubes may
have been retained for they role in enhancing pheromones or the airborne odors of
sexual attraction. The hair on the armpits and groin act like dry lubricants, allowing our
arms and legs to move without chafing. Eyelashes, on the other hand, act as the first
line of defense against bugs, dust, and other irritating objects. Everything else seems to
be superfluous and was discarded. It’s important to note, however, that we haven’t
exactly shed our fur. Humans have the same density of hair follicles on our skin as a
similarly sized ape. Just look at your hands or feet: they’re covered in hair, but the hair
is so thin you can barely make them out.

Some quick facts about hair:

You’re born with all the hair follicles you’ll ever have – about 5 million of them.
Around 100,000 of these are on your scalp.

The hair on your head grows about 6 inches a year. The only thing in the human
body that grows faster is bone marrow.

Males grow hair faster than females due to testosterone.

You lose between 50 to 100 strands of hair each day. That’s because follicles
grow hair for years at a time but then take a break. Because follicle growth isn’t synced
evenly, some take a break (causing the hair to fall out), while the vast majority continue
business as usual.

Some follicles stop growing as you age, which is why old people have thinning
hair or grow bald.

Everybody’s hair is different. Depending on its texture, your hair may be straight,
wavy, curly, or kinky; thick or thin; fine or coarse. These are determined by genetics,
which influences follicle shape. For instance, oval-shaped follicles make hair grow curly
while round follicles groom straight hair.

Like skin, hair comes in various colors as determined by the same pigment called
melanin. The more melanin in your hair, the darker it will be. As you grow older, your
hair has less and less melanin, which is why it fades color and may appear gray.
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Asians can grow their hair longer than Europeans. This may be surprising for
many, but as in all mammals, each of us has a certain hair length beyond which the hair
simply won’t grow. Hair length is longest in people with round follicles because round
follicles seem to grip the hair better. So, people with straight hair have the potential to
grow it longer. Shorter hair is associated with flat follicles. A study published in 2007
also explains why Japanese and Chinese people have thick hair: their follicles are 30%
larger than that of Africans and 50% larger than that of Europeans.
https://www.zmescience.com/other/science-abc/how-fast-hair-grows-042394/

Some women do and some don't shave or wax depending on their up bringing,
culture, lifestyle and financial situation! In some countries, men like their women hairy!
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder! :o

As I see it, it's a "monkey see, monkey do" behavior in human society, depending
on a woman's preference, culture or tradition!

Filipina are not used to shave their legs. I think the girl is believing of something
that is why she didn't shave even her arm pit. Maybe if she will do shaving she will get
sick.

I think you should know this, here in my country some child like age of 3 to 7
years old. Most of the mother would like to cut the hair of their child. I talked to one
mother and I ask her why she didn't do hair cut of her young boy. She replied because
every time I cut his hair he will have a fever that's why i didn't cut his hair anymore.

Okay Jason i wanna share my side of view. As a girl, its important to be well-
groomed and as a part of personal hygiene one must be conscious of her body
especially when she's in showbiz like celebrities but for me as a simple girl, i usually
shave my arm pits and the secret part of my body. I don't shave my arms and legs and it
doesn't mean it lessen the attractiveness of a woman. It depends upon how girls here
cares their body but it doesn't mean also that if she's not shaving her body she's dirty.
As what Arturo said some country men like their women hairy because it adds attraction
to them but not to you..hehehe. But it really depends upon the culture and lifestyle