When did people start shaving/waxing, etc.? Has this always been a gendered practice?

by Chasmatesh

All humans grow hair all over their bodies. But the removal or grooming of this hair seems to have always been a very gendered practice. Men can have beards and moustaches, women cannot; men can have body hair, women cannot, etc.

Has it always been like this? Has hair on women always been seen as something that must be removed ?

CptNoble

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