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** Alice is a ReluctantFanserviceGirl. As she gets publicly stripped naked repeatedly, she grows out GodivaHair to cover herself up as well as make her look less attractive to leering men.
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** Alice doesn't shave her pubic hair, but she shaves her legs or armpits.
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** Alice is a gorilla, or at least was raised as one.
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** Alice has no body or facial hair in the first place. She might even be a [[BaldWomen Bald Woman]].

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** Alice has no body or facial hair in the first place. She might even be a [[BaldWomen Bald Woman]].
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** Alternatively, one of her arms is non-functional or [[AnArmAndALeg outright missing]], and she finds trying to [[SomeDexterityRequired shave under her functional arm with said arm to be quite awkward]]. She doesn't want to spend money just to have it removed regularly, assumes that no-one she knows is super hot on the idea of doing it for her, and she also doesn't want to have [[ARareSentence asymmetrical armpit hair]], so she just stops caring about it.

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** Alice has some kind of hormonal disorder that causes the hair to come back almost as soon as it's removed; Alice is just tired of dealing with it.
** Alice has only light, barely-noticeable peach fuzz that other people would really only see if they got up close.

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** Alice has some kind of a hormonal disorder that causes the hair to come back almost as soon as it's removed; Alice is just tired of dealing with it.
** Alice has only light, barely-noticeable barely noticeable peach fuzz that other people would really only see if they got up close.



** Alice is living in a pre-industrial society, and all her time is preoccupied with hunting and gathering, or with tending crops and/or livestock, plus taking care of babies and/or her home.

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** Alice is living lives in a pre-industrial society, and all her time is preoccupied with hunting and gathering, or with tending crops and/or livestock, plus taking care of babies children and/or her home.



** Alice has hair all over her body, which she styles à la a nice dress to get into upscale parties. Little does anybody else realize she's actually naked.



* '''Discussed''': "I know how to shave, I just choose not to shave all the time."
* '''Conversed''': "Well, Alice's grooming habits are more realistic than the HollywoodHomely women with perfectly shaven legs on all the other shows. Sometimes I like that ... sometimes I don't."

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* '''Discussed''': "I know how to shave, I just don't choose not to shave all the time."
* '''Conversed''': "Well, Alice's grooming habits are more realistic than the HollywoodHomely women with perfectly shaven legs on all the other shows. Sometimes I like that ... sometimes I don't.""
* '''Implied''':
** Alice is TheGhost but people talk about how hairy she is.
** Alice removes one or more garments in Bob's presence. He asks her whether she usually has that much hair.
* '''Played for Drama''': Alice suffers from schizophrenia and thinks she is hairy all over when she's not. She shaves compulsively even on areas that are sensitive and/or not conducive to hair growth and ends up committing SelfHarm by cutting open a major blood vessel.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A [[AlwaysFemale female]] character who has body hair, and does not choose to remove it.
* '''Straight''': Alice doesn't shave her legs or armpits.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice proudly sports [[GirlsWithMoustaches a full, lovingly-maintained beard and mustache]].
* '''Downplayed''': Instead of shaving every day, Alice shaves her legs and armpits once a week.
** Alice shaves only on special occasions.
* '''Justified''': Shaving takes a lot of time and energy, and Alice's hectic schedule does not give her much of either.

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* '''Basic Trope''': A [[AlwaysFemale female]] character who has body hair, and does not choose to remove it.
it.
* '''Straight''': Alice doesn't shave her legs or armpits.
armpits.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice proudly sports [[GirlsWithMoustaches a full, lovingly-maintained beard and mustache]].
mustache]].
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Instead of shaving every day, Alice shaves her legs and armpits once a week.
week.
** Alice shaves only on special occasions.
occasions.
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
**
Shaving takes a lot of time and energy, and Alice's hectic schedule does not give her much of either. either.



** Alice doesn't believe she should have to shave/wax/etc. simply because it's expected by her patriarchal society. (She may or may not be a StrawFeminist.)

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** Alice doesn't believe she should have to shave/wax/etc. simply because it's expected by her patriarchal society. (She may or may not also be a StrawFeminist.)



** Alice is living in a pre-industrial society, and all of her time is preoccupied with hunting and gathering, or with tending crops and/or livestock, plus taking care of babies and/or her home.
** Alice just can't be bothered, either on a particular day, or just in general.
** Alice isn't going anywhere, or doing anything.
* '''Inverted''': Alice regularly shaves or waxes ''everything'', including every last bit of pubic hair. She might even get waxed, or go through electrolysis or laser treatments at a professional salon or spa. She even does this when there are no men around (such as at her OneGenderSchool) and it's the dead of winter.
* '''Gender Inverted''': InAWorld where men strive to be hairless {{Bishounen}}, and where doing otherwise is considered uncouth and/or unmanly, Bob proudly sports a CarpetOfVirility and a full beard.
* '''Subverted''': Alice is seen shaving.

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** Alice is living in a pre-industrial society, and all of her time is preoccupied with hunting and gathering, or with tending crops and/or livestock, plus taking care of babies and/or her home.
home.
** Alice just can't be bothered, either on a particular given day, or just in general.
** Alice isn't going anywhere, or doing anything.
anything.
* '''Inverted''': Alice regularly shaves or waxes ''everything'', including every last bit of pubic hair. She might even get waxed, or go through electrolysis or laser treatments at a professional salon or spa. She even does this when there are no men around (such as at her OneGenderSchool) and it's the dead of winter.
winter.
* '''Gender Inverted''': InAWorld where men strive to be hairless {{Bishounen}}, and where doing otherwise is considered uncouth and/or unmanly, Bob proudly sports a CarpetOfVirility and a full beard.
beard.
* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Alice is seen shaving. shaving.



* '''Double Subverted''': Only because it's a special occasion (a friend or relative's wedding, Alice's wedding, a first date, her long-distance boyfriend is coming over, a HighSchoolDance, she's going on a beach vacation, etc.) On a normal day, she wouldn't bother.
** She doesn't bother with the hair on the ''rest'' of her body, however.
** Instead of getting a full Brazilian or Hollywood wax, she only gets her bikini line done.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
**
Only because it's a special occasion (a friend or relative's wedding, Alice's wedding, a first date, her long-distance boyfriend is coming over, a HighSchoolDance, she's going on a beach vacation, etc.) On a normal day, she wouldn't bother.
bother.
** She doesn't bother with the hair on the ''rest'' of her body, however.
however.
** Instead of getting a full Brazilian or Hollywood wax, she only gets her bikini line done.



* '''Parodied''': Alice is regularly mistaken for a [[Franchise/StarWars Wookie]] or a [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Sasquatch]].

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Alice is regularly mistaken for a [[Franchise/StarWars Wookie]] or a [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Sasquatch]]. Sasquatch]].



* '''Zig Zagged''': Some days, Alice shaves, other days she doesn't.
* '''Averted''': Alice removes her body and facial hair regularly.
** Alice has no body or facial hair in the first place. She might even be a BaldWoman.
** Women are not expected to shave in this setting. Perhaps ''no one'' shaves.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to show that in some way, Alice is NotLikeOtherGirls." (This may or may not be a ''good'' way, DependingOnTheWriter.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Some days, Alice shaves, shaves; other days days, she doesn't.
doesn't.
* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
**
Alice removes her body and facial hair regularly.
** Alice has no body or facial hair in the first place. She might even be a BaldWoman.
[[BaldWomen Bald Woman]].
** Women are not expected to shave in this setting. Perhaps ''no one'' shaves.
shaves.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to show that in some way, Alice is NotLikeOtherGirls." (This may or may not be a ''good'' good ''or'' bad way, DependingOnTheWriter. DependingOnTheWriter.)



* '''Exploited''': Companies market hair-removal products and services to women by telling them (explicitly or implicitly) that body hair is unfeminine, uncouth, and something to be ashamed of.
** In order to avoid being expected to have sex on a first date (or being tempted to do so), Alice shaves only up to the knee.
* '''Defied''': Alice knows that when she ''does'' feel the need to shave (such as when she's home for summer vacation, or when she's in Cancun for spring break, or when her boyfriend comes to visit), it will be easier if she keeps up with it (rather than trying to get rid of it all at once), so even though she's in a setting where no one is shaming her for not shaving, she keeps up with it.
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Companies market hair-removal products and services to women by telling them (explicitly or implicitly) that body hair is unfeminine, uncouth, and something to be ashamed of.
of.
** In order to avoid being expected to have sex on a first date (or being tempted to do so), Alice shaves only up to the knee.
knee.
* '''Defied''': Alice knows that when she ''does'' feel the need to shave (such as when she's home for summer vacation, or when she's in Cancun Cancún for spring break, or when her boyfriend comes to visit), it will be easier if she keeps up with it (rather than trying to get rid of it all at once), so even though she's in a setting where no one is shaming her for not shaving, she keeps up with it.
it.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"I know how to shave, I just choose not to shave all the time."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Well, Alice's grooming habits are more realistic than the HollywoodHomely women with perfectly shaven legs on all the other shows. Sometimes I like that ... sometimes I don't."
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** Alice is lost in the wilderness or stranded on a DesertedIsland; shaving (and other activities not directly related to survival and/or getting back home safely) are ''extremely'' low on her priority list.

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** Alice is lost in the wilderness or stranded on a DesertedIsland; shaving (and other activities not directly related to survival and/or getting back home safely) are ''extremely'' low on her priority list.list, if they're even on it at all.
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** Alice just can't be bothered, either on a particular day, or just in general.
** Alice isn't going anywhere, or doing anything.
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** In order to avoid being expected to have sex on a first date (or being tempted to do so), Alice shaves only up to the knee.

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** Alice is living in a pre-industrial society, and all of her time is preoccupied with hunting and gathering, or with tending crops and/or livestock, plus taking care of babies and/or her home.



** But when the cold weather sets in, Alice doesn't bother with shaving, or goes a bit longer between shaves than she does during the warmer months.



** Women are not expected to shave in this setting.
** But when the cold weather sets in, Alice doesn't bother with shaving, or goes a bit longer between shaves than she does during the warmer months.

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** Women are not expected to shave in this setting.
** But when the cold weather sets in, Alice doesn't bother with shaving, or goes a bit longer between shaves than she does during the warmer months.
setting. Perhaps ''no one'' shaves.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Only because it's a special occasion (a friend or relative's wedding, Alice's wedding, a first date, her long-distance boyfriend is coming over, a HighSchoolDance, etc.) On a normal day, she wouldn't bother.

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** Alice shaves her legs in the summer months.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only because it's a special occasion (a friend or relative's wedding, Alice's wedding, a first date, her long-distance boyfriend is coming over, a HighSchoolDance, she's going on a beach vacation, etc.) On a normal day, she wouldn't bother.



** But when the cold weather sets in, Alice doesn't bother with shaving, or goes a bit longer between shaves than she does during the warmer months.



* '''Invoked''': Alice is a student at a OneGenderSchool (that leans decidedly to the left wing of StrawmanU), and while she ''does'' have a boyfriend, it's a LongDistanceRelationship.

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* '''Invoked''': Alice is a student at a OneGenderSchool (that leans decidedly to the left wing of StrawmanU), and while she ''does'' have a boyfriend, it's a LongDistanceRelationship. And it's winter, or the school is located in [[GrimUpNorth a colder climate]].

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* '''Inverted''': Alice regularly shaves or waxes ''everything'', including every last bit of pubic hair. She might even get waxed, or go through electrolysis or laser treatments at a professional salon or spa. She even does this when there are no men around and it's the dead of winter.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice regularly shaves or waxes ''everything'', including every last bit of pubic hair. She might even get waxed, or go through electrolysis or laser treatments at a professional salon or spa. She even does this when there are no men around (such as at her OneGenderSchool) and it's the dead of winter.



** Alice is seen

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** Alice is seen going to a salon or spa for a bikini wax.
** Alice regularly shaves her legs and armpits.
** In Alice's country, it isn't common for women to shave; no one bats an eye at a woman's hairy leg or armpit, or shames women for having hair.



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Parodied: ** Instead of getting a full Brazilian or Hollywood wax, she only gets her bikini line done.
** When her boyfriend is out of town, Alice doesn't bother.
** But when she becomes a ForeignExchangeStudent in {{Eagleland}}, or when fashions change in her home country, she begins to feel self-conscious about her body hair and shaves it off.
*'''Parodied''': Alice is regularly mistaken for a [[Franchise/StarWars Wookie]] or a [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Sasquatch]].
** People can tell when Alice is in a relationship (and what kind it is) by how hairy her legs are: if she's single or casually dating, her legs are silky smooth. If they're a bit stubbly, she's in a relationship. And if they're completely covered in hair, she's in a serious relationship with an UnderstandingBoyfriend, or in a LongDistanceRelationship.
** Alice braids her armpit hair, or dyes her pubic hair purple.
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some days, Alice shaves, other days she doesn't.
*'''Averted''': Alice removes her body and facial hair regularly.
** Alice has no body or facial hair in the first place. She might even be a BaldWoman.
** Women are not expected to shave in this setting.
*'''Enforced''': "We need to show that in some way, Alice is NotLikeOtherGirls." (This may or may not be a ''good'' way, DependingOnTheWriter.
*'''Lampshaded''': "I stopped shaving when the kids came along. Too much work, you know?"
*'''Invoked''': Alice is a student at a OneGenderSchool (that leans decidedly to the left wing of StrawmanU), and while she ''does'' have a boyfriend, it's a LongDistanceRelationship.
*'''Exploited''': Companies market hair-removal products and services to women by telling them (explicitly or implicitly) that body hair is unfeminine, uncouth, and something to be ashamed of.
*'''Defied''': Alice knows that when she ''does'' feel the need to shave (such as when she's home for summer vacation, or when she's in Cancun for spring break, or when her boyfriend comes to visit), it will be easier if she keeps up with it (rather than trying to get rid of it all at once), so even though she's in a setting where no one is shaming her for not shaving, she keeps up with it.
*'''Discussed''':
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*'''Basic Trope''': A [[AlwaysFemale female]] character who has body hair, and does not choose to remove it.
*'''Straight''': Alice doesn't shave her legs or armpits.
*'''Exaggerated''': Alice proudly sports [[GirlsWithMoustaches a full, lovingly-maintained beard and mustache]].
*'''Downplayed''': Instead of shaving every day, Alice shaves her legs and armpits once a week.
** Alice shaves only on special occasions.
*'''Justified''': Shaving takes a lot of time and energy, and Alice's hectic schedule does not give her much of either.
** Alice is a quirky nonconformist or GranolaGirl who doesn't care what anyone else thinks of her.
** Alice doesn't believe she should have to shave/wax/etc. simply because it's expected by her patriarchal society. (She may or may not be a StrawFeminist.)
** The cost of razors, shaving cream, wax, depillatory creams, salon appointments for professional hair removal, etc. are prohibitive for Alice, who lives in PerpetualPoverty.
** Alice is lost in the wilderness or stranded on a DesertedIsland; shaving (and other activities not directly related to survival and/or getting back home safely) are ''extremely'' low on her priority list.
** Alice is in {{Prison}} or in a mental hospital, and either is not allowed shaving supplies (for fear that she could harm herself or others), or getting them is difficult and inconvenient.
** Alice has mobility problems, and can't bend down to shave her legs, or lift them high enough to rest on a support meant for this purpose.
** Alice has some kind of hormonal disorder that causes the hair to come back almost as soon as it's removed; Alice is just tired of dealing with it.
** Alice has only light, barely-noticeable peach fuzz that other people would really only see if they got up close.
** In Alice's culture or religion, it's uncommon (or even abnormal or forbidden) for women to remove their body and/or facial hair. It might even be seen as a TraumaticHaircut.
*'''Inverted''': Alice regularly shaves or waxes ''everything'', including every last bit of pubic hair. She might even get waxed, or go through electrolysis or laser treatments at a professional salon or spa. She even does this when there are no men around and it's the dead of winter.
*'''Gender Inverted''': InAWorld where men strive to be hairless {{Bishounen}}, and where doing otherwise is considered uncouth and/or unmanly, Bob proudly sports a CarpetOfVirility and a full beard.
*'''Subverted''': Alice is seen shaving.
** Alice waxes her upper lip.
** Alice is seen
*'''Double Subverted''': Only because it's a special occasion (a friend or relative's wedding, Alice's wedding, a first date, her long-distance boyfriend is coming over, a HighSchoolDance, etc.) On a normal day, she wouldn't bother.
** She doesn't bother with the hair on the ''rest'' of her body, however.
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