Editing Leg shaving (section)

===Women===
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In Western countries, many women engage in leg shaving{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}, doing so largely for [[aesthetic]] reasons. This practice has developed especially since the early 20th century,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/5/22/8640457/leg-shaving-history|title=How the beauty industry convinced women to shave their legs|first=Phil|last=Edwards|date=May 22, 2015|website=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-24368,00.html|title=When did women start shaving their legs? Was there some other method of leg hair removal before disposable blades? &#124; Notes and Queries &#124; guardian.co.uk|website=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> around the time of the [[First World War]], as [[hemline]]s on women's dresses have become shorter and women's [[swimsuit]]s have become more revealing, displaying all of a woman's legs.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hope|first=Christine|year=1982|title=Caucasian Female Body Hair and American Culture|journal=Journal of American Culture|volume=5|issue=1|pages=93–99|doi=10.1111/j.1542-734X.1982.0501_93.x}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/625/who-decided-women-should-shave-their-legs-and-underarms |title=Who decided women should shave their legs and underarms? |last1=Adams |first1=Cecil |date=1991-02-06 |website=The Straight Dope |access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref>

Some women may only shave the hair below the knee &ndash; depending on the length of dress styles in fashion &ndash; while others shave the entire leg.<ref name=depilatory>{{cite web|title=History of Hair Removal — In the 20th Century|url=http://www.depilatory.com/core/twentieth.html|website=Marzena Waxing site|access-date=August 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028055037/http://www.depilatory.com/core/twentieth.html|archive-date=2010-10-28|url-status=usurped}}</ref>  The frequency of shaving also varies, with some women shaving their legs every day, and others shaving only at the start of summer, in anticipation of the wearing of a swimsuit{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}.
Special razors, different in shape from those used by men for face-shaving, are often used by women{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}.