Lesbians shut down straight men upset over Chappell Roan's body hair
Chappell Roan's fandom has no time for straights who police the singer's body.Roan is booked and busy on her latest tour, wowing fans across North America. While her fans have nothing but praise for the shows, some haters are busy criticizing her looks instead of listening to her music. (@) While many users are applauding Roan's stage presence, singing skills, and ability to put on a fantastic show even in the rain, one viral X post is focused on something else: The singer's armpit hair.A Chappell Roan fan account named @inmycomfychair shared two screenshots of posts criticizing Roan's armpit hair in a recent photograph. One post shows a red arrow pointing to her armpit with the word, "bruh." The other shows someone commenting on a zoomed-in picture of her armpit, saying, "Bad hygiene.""Excuse me? Why were you zooming in to begin with? Sorry a lesbian just existing is icky to you," @inmycomfychair commented. (@) This is far from new. A new documentary on Lilith Fair recalls a time in 1998 when singer Paula Cole was criticized for having armpit hair after winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Entertainment Weekly even airbrushed her armpit hair out of an issue.However, the people criticizing Roan's body hair seem to be forgetting one central fact: She's a lesbian.Even if Roan were to follow the whims of what her target audience wants, she wouldn't be listening to straight men who tell her that her body hair is "bad hygiene" and gross.In a 2017 study titled, An exploration of bisexual, lesbian, and heterosexual women's body dissatisfaction, and body hair and cosmetics practices, Nikki Hayfield, Victoria Clarke, and Emma Halliwell of the University of the West of England, Bristol, found that queer women have much more favorable views of body hair than straight women."Heterosexual women agreed significantly more than lesbian or bisexual women with statements which described body hair as disgusting, uncomfortable, unfeminine and unattractive," the report reads. "Lesbian and bisexual women had more positive attitudes to body hair and lower scores on body hair removal from their underarms, legs, and eyebrows, compared to heterosexual women."In fact, lesbians and sapphics online are rushing to defend Roan expressing public support and love for her body hair.The online discourse is full of people clapping back at the hate for Roan's armpit hair. Some point out the double standard that men are expected to have body hair, and when they do, it isn't seen as "bad hygiene." Others are reminding the haters that body hair is a simple and normal part of human biology. Others are pointing out how tired they are of people policing women's bodies.And there is yet another group one that is taking a thirstier approach. Many of Roan's queer fans aren't just clapping back at the haters, but are also praising Roan's body hair as attractive and sexy. (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@)